carvajal acted as backup to fc barcelonas martín montoya at the  uefa european under- championship playing in the – group stage win against the netherlands as spain went on to win the tournament he was selected by full side manager vicente del bosque for his -man provisional squad for the  fifa world cup being excused alongside all other real madrid and atlético madrid players from the warm-up game against bolivia on  may due to the champions league final and being omitted from the final list the following day