Carlo Ancelotti loses 12 players during this national team break. The most affected are the four South American players (the Brazilians Casemiro, Militao and Vinicius and the Uruguayan Valverde) who have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to participate with their respective teams in matches valid for the Qatar-2022 World Cup, and that will not arrive for another two weeks. The other six players who attend with their senior teams are Courtois and Hazard (Belgium), Benzema (France), Alaba (Austria), Jovic (Serbia) and Modric (Croatia), For their part, Miguel Gutiérrez and Camavinga have been cited by the U21 teams of Spain and France, respectively, to face qualifying matches for Euro-2023. The other news is that Luis Enrique did not call any Spanish player from the white team, something he has been doing since the last European Championship.
Courtois, Hazard and Benzema will meet on Thursday in the semi-final of the Nations League. The match will be played at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Thursday 7 (8:45 pm). The winner will play the final against the winner of the other semifinal (Italy-Spain, which is played the day before on Wednesday 6 at the same time, 8:45 pm), and the defeated will fight for third and fourth place. Both games will be played on Sunday 10.
Luka Modric, who did not attend the previous national team meeting due to a muscle problem, will play two qualifying matches with Croatia for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Balkan team will first face Cyprus at AEK Arena in Larnaca (Friday, October 8 at 8:45 p.m.), and three days later, face Slovakia at Osijek (Monday, October 11 at 8 p.m. : 45 hours).
The Austrian David Alaba also faces valid matches for the World Cup next year. The Austrian team will play in the Faroe Islands this coming Saturday, October 9 (8:45 p.m.), and then travel to Denmark, where they will face the Danish team on Tuesday, October 12 at 8:45 p.m. in Copenhagen.
Luka Jovic, called up by the Serbian national team, will also play on Saturday. In his case, he will do so against the Luxembourg national team (8:45 pm), four days after receiving Azerbaijan in Belgrade (Tuesday, October 12, 8:45 pm).
The three Brazilian players summoned by Tite (Casemiro, Militao and Vinicius), will play three qualifying matches for the Qatar World Cup. The five-time world champions will begin this national team break on Friday, October 8 in Venezuela (01:30 hours), they will fly to Colombia, where they will play on Sunday, October 10 at 23:00, to end on Friday 15 receiving Uruguay ( 02:30) in Manaus. Precisely in that match, another of the madridistas called up by their national teams will be measured, in this case, the Uruguayan Fede Valverde that, in addition, Colombia will be measured on Friday, October 8 (01:00 hours) in Montevideo, and will travel to Argentina, to face the Albiceleste on Monday, October 11 at 01:30 in the morning.
In addition, Miguel Gutiérrez and Eduardo Camavinga have been called up by the U21 teams of Spain and France, respectively.. The first has been cited by Luis de la Fuente to face Slovakia and Northern Ireland on October 8 and 12 in matches for the Euro 2023 category. Both matches will be played at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville. For his part, Camavinga, who suffered a strong blow against Espanyol and will be examined upon arrival at Clairefontaine, has been called by Les Bleuets for the matches against Ukraine (the group leadership is played) on Friday the 8th starting at 6:30 pm in Brest, for Tuesday the 12th they will play against Serbia in Belgrade (6:30 pm).