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Mata and Martinez recalled by Spain

The two 22-year-olds have played mostly for the under-21 side since taking part in Spain's successful World Cup campaign in South Africa last year.

Spain play the Czechs on March 25 and travel to Lithuania four days later.

Valencia's Mata comes in as cover for injured Barcelona forward Pedro while Athletic Bilbao's Martinez replaces Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, who has a hamstring problem.

Barca top La Liga ahead of Real, while the great rivals play each other in next month's King's Cup final and could meet in the Champions League semi-finals.

"We are worried as the majority of our players are competing for everything around the end of the season," Del Bosque told a news conference.

"In between there is a slot for the national team with two very strong opponents, especially Czech Republic, who are our biggest threat given the points they have," he added.

"Our main concern is to be as mentally focused as possible because anything else would make our task tougher."