For the record, I have no idea what happened at Spanish nationals from any technical perspective.
I've posted more than once that the two Spanish teams are - at the moment - on fairly equal footing, a case could have been made for either one to get the Worlds assignment, and mostly they just really need to get that second spot already, if not this season then at least for the Olympics.
And in trying to get two spots for next year, which is harder than maintaining two spots the following, this is a Gadbois friendly - not Zhulin friendly - panel. Politikal as it gets, but its working with what is...