LUIS ENRIQUE CALLED FIVE CULÉS
12 Barça players will play the next 'FIFA date'
Published:22/03/2022 - 03:08h
Updated:22/03/2022 - 04:24h
The national team break is a break for the FC Barcelona squad after two intense months of competition in January and February. However, 12 culés players will have to travel with their national teams
The 'dates FIFA' are an eternal headache for the trainers of clubs in Europe. Although the stop of selections allows to the staff take a rest of two weeks, the true is that the risk to suffer injuries increases in the international parties, more when many of them has to see with clasificatorias for international tournaments, as it is the case of the eliminatory to the World-wide.
For Xavi Hernández, the next international stop will represent the course of 12 players of the first team. Five of them were quoted by 'The Red' of Luis Enrique (Jordi Alba, Eric García, Gavi, Pedri and Ferran Torres) for the friendly parties in front of Albania, the Saturday 26 March in Cornellà-The Prat, and Iceland in Riazor. The 'well' of the announcement is that the players will not have to go out of the country.
In addition to the quoted by Spain, other seven Barça players will join to his respective selections. Frenkie Of Jong and Memphis Depay will travel to the Low Countries to measure to Denmark and Germany, while Marc-André Ter Stegen will join to the selection Teutonic to confront to Israel and to his mates in Ámsterdam. By his part, Dani Alves and Ronald Araújo will go to Sudamérica to close the eliminatory for Catar 2022.
The winger will be available for the matches against Chile (Rio de Janeiro) and Bolivia (La Paz), while the center-back will receive Peru in Montevideo and will close the tournament in Santiago against Chile. While Uruguay is risking its life in the double matchday, Brazil was the first team qualified for the World Cup in Conmebol. In addition to the 'cariocas', only Argentina has a guaranteed presence in Qatar.
Nico González and Ez Abde will also travel
In addition to the 10 players mentioned, Nico González was summoned by the Spanish Sub 21 for the qualifying matches for the European Championship against Lithuania (March 25) and Slovakia (29). For his part, Ez Abde will debut with Morocco in the World Cup play-off against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other reserve team players called up by their national teams are goalkeepers Arnau Tenas and Lazar Carevic.
