Musacchio plays a part in Argentina’s win

The Villarreal centre back played the second half of the blue-and-whites’ victory against Chile (1-0)

Villarreal CF’s Argentinean defender, Mateo Musacchio, participated in his country’s victory over Chile (1-0) in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier, played yesterday morning. The Yellows defender came on as a substitute for Emmanuel Más in the 46^th minute. The only goal of the game was scored by Messi, from the penalty spot, in the 16^th minute after a foul on Di María in the box.

The rest of the Yellows on international duty will play the first of their respective fixtures in the coming hours.

The schedule for the Yellow internationals is as follows (date and time in Spain):

Mateo Musacchio (Argentina)

• Friday 24^th March: Argentina-Chile (1-0).
• Tuesday 28^th March: Bolivia-Argentina (10pm, Estadio Hernando Siles).

Antonio Rukavina (Serbia)

• Friday 24^th March: Georgia-Serbia (10pm, Estadio Boris Paichadze).

Jonathan Dos Santos (Mexico)

• Friday 24^th March: México-Costa Rica (2:50am, Estadio Azteca).
• Tuesday 28^th March: Trinidad & Tobago-Mexico (10pm, Estadio Hasely Crawford).

Nicola Sansone (Italy)

• Friday 24th March: Italy-Albania (8:45pm, Estadio Renzo Barbera).
• Tuesday 28th March: Holland-Italy (8:45pm, Estadio Amsterdam Arena).