Pau Navarro says goodbye to the U20 World Cup as Thomas Partey scores for Ghana

Villarreal internationals face their second matches of this international break

Villarreal CF internationals have been in the spotlight with their national teams. Thomas Partey scored in Ghana’s first match against the Central African Republic, while Pau Navarro concluded his U20 World Cup campaign after Spain U20s were eliminated by Colombia in the quarter-finals (2-3).

Portugal beat Ireland 1-0 in Lisbon, with Renato Veiga featuring in the second half, while Georgia fell to Spain (2-0) in Elche. Georges Mikautadze started and played 69 minutes at the Estadio Martínez Valero.

Meanwhile, Israel suffered a 5-0 defeat to Norway in Oslo, with Manor Solomon playing the full 90 minutes.

Among the African internationals, Pape Gueye was suspended and did not take part in Senegal’s 5-0 win over South Sudan. Nicolas Pepe, although called up, also did not feature in Ivory Coast’s 7-0 victory over Seychelles.

Thomas Partey is the only international to have already played both matches scheduled for this break. He started and scored the second goal in Ghana’s 5-0 win over the Central African Republic and played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 victory against Comoros.

Ilias Akhomach came off the bench to play the final 11 minutes of Morocco’s 1-0 win over Bahrain, replacing Real Madrid’s Brahim Díaz.

Uruguay and Canada also played friendlies. Uruguay won against the Dominican Republic (1-0), with Santiago Mouriño completing the match. For Canada, Buchanan started while Oluwaseyi came off the bench in a 1-0 defeat to Australia.

Pau Navarro did not feature as Spain U20s were eliminated from the U20 World Cup in Chile, falling 2-3 to Colombia.

Below is a summary of all Villarreal CF internationals’ matches during this international break:

Renato Veiga (Portugal)

• Portugal 1-0 Ireland
• Portugal vs Hungary: Tuesday 14^th October, 8:45pm CEST at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Georges Mikautadze (Georgia)

• Spain 2-0 Georgia
• Turkey vs Georgia: Tuesday 14^th October, 8:45pm CEST at Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit

Manor Solomon (Israel)

• Norway 5-0 Israel
• Italy vs Israel: Tuesday 14^th October, 8:45pm CEST at Stadio Friuli, Udine

Pape Gueye (Senegal)

• South Sudan 0-5 Senegal
• Senegal vs Mauritania: Tuesday 14^th October, 9pm CEST (stadium TBC)

Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)

• Seychelles 0-7 Ivory Coast
• Ivory Coast vs Kenya: Tuesday 14^th October, 9pm CEST (stadium TBC)

Thomas Partey (Ghana)

• Central African Republic 0-5 Ghana
• Ghana vs Comoros: 1-0

Ilias Akhomach (Morocco)

• Morocco 1-0 Bahrain
• Morocco vs Congo: Tuesday 14^th October, 9pm CEST at Salle Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Santiago Mouriño (Uruguay)

• Uruguay 1-0 Dominican Republic
• Uzbekistan vs Uruguay: Monday 13^th October, 2:45am CEST at Stadium Hang Jebat, Melaka

Tani Oluwaseyi and Tajon Buchanan (Canada)

• Canada 0-1 Australia
• Canada vs Colombia: Wednesday 15th October, 2am CEST at Red Bull Arena, Harrison