After the dispute of the fifth day of LaLiga, in which Atlético drew (0-0) with Villarreal in the Wanda Metropolitano, there is the first national team stoppage that paralyzes the competition (there was already another in September, but it was done before the championship started). On that occasion, There were eight rojiblancos players who came to the call of their respective teams, while now the count increases to 12, since, in addition to the Europeans, the Americans also have parties.
In the case of UEFA teams, Three games will be played in this window, one of them being friendly and the other two corresponding to the Nations League. The mattress workers who are summoned with their countries are seven: Oblak (Slovenia), Grbic and Vrsaljko (Croatia), Trippier (England), Savic (Montenegro), Carrasco (Belgium) and João Félix (Portugal).
Slovenia will play a friendly against San Marino on Wednesday 7 at 8:45 p.m. at the Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana and later two Nations League games against Kosovo (Sunday 11 at 8:45 p.m. at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina) and in front of Moldova (Wednesday 14 at 8:45 p.m. at the Zimbru Stadium in Chisinau.
Croatia will face Switzerland on October 7 at 8:45 pm in a friendly at the Kybunpark stadium in Saint Gallen. Four days later they will face Sweden at 6:00 p.m. in the Maksimir state of Zagreb and on Wednesday 14 he will receive France at 8:45 p.m. in the same venue. Both matches are from matchdays 3 and 4 of the Nations League.
England will play Wales a friendly on the 8th at 9:00 pm at Wembley. Also in their national stadium they will face Belgium on the 11th at 6:00 p.m. and to Denmark on the 14th at 8:45 pm (both in the Nations League).
Montenegro has a friendly scheduled against Latvia on the 7th at 6:00 p.m. at the Pod Goricom stadium in Podgorica. In the same room will host Azerbaijan Saturday 10 at 3:00 p.m. and to Luxembourg Tuesday the 13th at 8:45 pm (both from the Nations League).
Belgium will face Ivory Coast in a friendly match on the 8th at 8:45 pm at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels. Three days later he will visit Wembley to face England at 8:45 p.m. and on Wednesday the 14th he has an appointment in Reykjavik to play against Iceland at the same time (both from the Nations League).
Portugal will host Spain on Wednesday 7 at 8:45 p.m. at the José Alvalade stadium in Lisbon in a friendly match. In the Nations League will have to play against France in Paris on Sunday the 11th at 8:45 pm at the Stade de France and on the 14th he will play also in José Alvalade against Sweden at 8:45 p.m.
On the other hand, most of the CONMEBOL teams already they had announced their preliminary rosters a few weeks ago for the South American qualifiers. At that moment there were five players mentioned with their countries: Felipe and Lodi (Brazil), Nehuén (Argentina), Giménez (Uruguay) and Arias (Colombia). However, since then there have been several changes to the template that have changed the athletics who travel to South America. Today, there are four rojiblancos who go with their national teams. Felipe and Lodi remain on the Brazilian list, while Giménez falls from the charrúa, still convalescing from his coronavirus infection two weeks ago, and are incorporated Luis Suárez and Torreira. Nehuén no longer counts, having left on loan to Granada. Finally, Arias left the club to go to German Bayer Leverkusen.
Brazil will play on Saturday 10 against Bolivia at Arena Pernambuco at 2:30 am * and on Wednesday 14 against Peru at the National Stadium in Lima at 2:00 a.m. *. Uruguay will face Chile on Friday 9 at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo at 12:45 am * and on Tuesday the 13th to Ecuador at the Liga Deportiva Universitaria stadium in Quito at 11:00 pm *. (*Spanish time).
Finally, Héctor Herrera also travels with Mexico. The Aztecs They will face the Netherlands in friendlies on the 7th at the Amsterdam Arena at 8:45 p.m. and to Algeria on the 13th at the Cars Jeans Stadium in The Hague at 7:00 p.m.
Again without Spanish internationals
Apart from the players who travel with their respective countries, it stands out again the absence of Atlético footballers on the list provided by Luis Enrique for the friendly match in Lisbon against Portugal on the 7th and Nations League matches against Switzerland on the 10th and Ukraine on the 13th, both at 8:45 p.m. Neither Koke nor Saúl nor Llorente so far they have entered the Spanish coach's plans in his second stage at the head of the national team, nor did Morata in the previous call, when he still belonged to the rojiblanco club.