Spanish international Juan Mata has backed his Chelsea teammate Fernando Torres to force his way into Vicente Del Bosque's plans for Euro 2012 this summer.

Torres was dropped for a recent friendly clash against Venezuela as a result of a poor run of form in front of goal.

However, the 28-year-old brought an end to his five-month goalscoring drought yesterday with two goals against Leicester City.

Mata believes that Torres's previous record in a Spain shirt will count in his favour when the squad is selected.

"In the end, I think that Torres will be at the Euros," Mata told Cadena SER. "He has enough credit to play for Spain.

"He has given a lot to the national team and to the clubs where he has been. I am sure that he will do great things until the end of the season. Del Bosque will have a [selection] problem."

Torres has made 91 appearances at international level.