Spain will be without two of their vital midfielder's - Real Madrid's Guti and Valencia’s Ruben Baraja - after the duo both dropped out of Luis Aragones' squad for Wednesday's World Cup warm-up friendly against Ivory Coast.

Guti will be missing the match because of a thigh strain, which he has been told will not heal in time.

The 29-year-old, who was recalled to the squad by Aragones last week, left Spain's headquarters in Las Rozas after undergoing tests on the injury that caused him to miss Real's 2-1 defeat against Real Mallorca at the weekend.

Valencia midfielder Ruben Baraja was forced to withdraw after fracturing his cheekbone during a 1-1 draw against Getafe on Sunday.

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