The midfielder and forward both opened the scoring in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire’s wins
Villarreal’s international players have already played the first of their two games with their national teams.
The standout performances came from Nicolas Pepe and Pape Gueye. The Côte d’Ivoire national team, led by Pepe, defeated Sierra Leone 4-1 and the attacker scored the first of the goals. Meanwhile, Pape Gueye also opened the scoring in Senegal’s convincing 4-0 win over Malawi.
The Spanish national team achieved a narrow 1-0 victory over Denmark, with Martín Zubimendi scoring. Álex Baena came on in the 62nd minute, replacing Oyarzabal.
In addition, Ilias Akhomach came on in the 76th minute for Abde in Morocco’s 5-0 win over the Central African Republic, while Logan Costa started and played the whole match in Cape Verde’s 0-1 defeat against Botswana.
Finally, Iker Álvarez started and played 62 minutes in Andorra’s win against San Marino.
It should be remembered that Yeremy Pino, also called up for this international match, left the Spain training camp as a precaution due to some physical discomfort.
The kick-off times for the international Yellows are as follows (times CEST):
Álex Baena (Spain):
- Spain 1-0 Denmark
- Spain vs Serbia, Tuesday 15th October at 8:45pm CEST, Matchday 5 of the Nations League.
Ilias Akhomach (Morocco):
- Morocco 5-0 Central African Republic
- Central African Republic vs Morocco, Tuesday 15th October at 9pm CEST. Matchday 4 of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Logan Costa (Cape Verde):
- Cape Verde 0-1 Botswana, Thursday 10th October at 6pm CEST. Matchday 3 of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.
- Cape Verde vs Botswana, Tuesday 15th October at 6pm CEST. Matchday 4 of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Nicolas Pepe and Eric Bailly (Côte d’Ivoire):
- Côte d’Ivoire 4-1 Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leona vs Côte d’Ivoire: Tuesday 15th October at 5pm CEST. Matchday 4 of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Pape Gueye (Senegal):
- Senegal 4-0 Malawi
- Malawi vs Senegal: Tuesday 15th October at 3pm CEST. Matchday 4 of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Iker Álvarez (Andorra):
- Moldova 2-0 Andorra
- Andorra 2-0 San Marino
