Musacchio and Jokic, starters for their countries

Both played 90 minutes defending the colours of Argentina and Slovenia, respectively

Three footballers from the Villarreal First Team squad played in international fixtures over the past couple of days. Two of them (Musacchio and Jokic) were starters for their countries, as both played 90 minutes for Argentina and Slovenia, respectively. Santos Borré was not chosen to play in Colombia’s match.    

Musacchio started and played 90 minutes for Argentina in their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay, which the visitors won 0-1 thanks to a goal by Derlis González in the 18^th minute. For his part, Rafael Santos Borré did not play in Colombia’s draw against Uruguay (2-2), which was also a qualifier for the next World Cup. The goals were courtesy of Aguilar, Mina, ‘Cebolla’ Rodríguez and Luis Suárez.

Bojan Jokic was also a starter and played the full 90 minutes in Slovenia’s match against England. The Villarreal left back was a key player in his country’s 0-0 draw in a match played in Ljubljana, also a World Cup qualifier.  

Edgar Ié, starter in Portugal U21s thrashing of Liechtenstein

The Villarreal B team’s Portuguese right back, Edgar Ié, also played yesterday for his U21 national team. Edgar Ié started and played 90 minutes of the match that finished in a 1-7 thrashing of Liechtenstein.

The results of the Yellows on international duty are the following:

Mateo Musacchio (Argentina) 

• Friday 7^th October: Peru 2-2 Argentina (Estadio Nacional de Lima).
• Wednesday 12^th October: Argentina 0-1 Paraguay (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes).

Antonio Rukavina (Serbia)

• Thursday 6^th October: Moldova 0-3 Serbia (Stadionul Zimbru).
• Sunday 9^th October: Serbia 3-2 Austria (Stadion Rajko Mitic).

Jonathan dos Santos (Mexico)

• Sunday 9^th October: New Zealand 1-2 Mexico (LP Field).
• Tuesday 11^th October: Panama 0-1 Mexico (Toyota Park).

Samu Castillejo (Spain U21)

• Wednesday 5^th October: San Marino 0-3 Spain (Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle).
• Monday 10^th October: Spain 5-0 Estonia (Estadio Municipal de Pasarón).

Nicola Sansone (Italy)

• Thursday 6^th October: Italy 1-1 Spain (Juventus Stadium).
• Sunday 9^th October: Macedonia 2-3 Italy (Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski).

Rafael Santos Borré (Colombia)

• Friday 7^th October: Paraguay 0-1 Colombia (Estadio Defensores del Chaco).
• Tuesday 11^th October: Colombia 2-2 Uruguay (Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez).

Cédric Bakambu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

• Tuesday 4^th October: RD Congo 0-1 Kenya (Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecote).
• Sunday 8^th October: RD Congo 4-0 Libya (Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecote).

Bojan Jokic (Slovenia) 

• Saturday 8^th October: Slovenia 1-0 Slovakia (Stadion Stozice).
• Tuesday 11^th October: Slovenia 0-0 England (Stadion Stozice).

From the Villarreal B team, right back Edgar Ié was called up by Rui Jorge for Portugal U21s for the following matches:

Edgar Ié (Portugal U21)

• Thursday 6^th October: Hungary 3-3 Portugal (U21) (Alcufer Stadion).
• Tuesday 11^th October: Liechtenstein 1-7 Portugal (U21) (Rheinpark Stadion).