MADRID (Reuters) - Spain forward Diego Costa is out of the European champions' opening Euro 2016 qualifier against Macedonia on Monday because of a thigh injury and has been replaced in the squad by teenager Munir el Haddadi.
Costa, who played 66 minutes of Spain's 1-0 friendly defeat against France in Paris on Thursday, had tests in Madrid that revealed an injury in his left thigh, Spain said on their official website.
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