Six Villarreal CF players will defend their respective national teams

Up to six Villarreal players will defend their respective national teams in the coming days. These players are: Mario, Bakambu, Musacchio, Bailly, Alfonso Pedraza and Adrián Marín. Denis Suárez and Samu Castillejo both pulled out of the Spain U21 squad at the last minute due to injuries and have been replaced by their team mates Adrián Marín and Alfonso Pedraza, respectively.  

The schedules for the International Yellows are as follows (all times shown in CET):

Mario (Spain)

• Thursday 24^th March: Italy vs Spain (Friuli Stadium, 8:45pm).
• Sunday 27^th March: Romania vs Spain (Cluj Arena, 9:45pm).

Cédric Bakambu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

• Saturday 26^th March: Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Angola (Stade de Martyrs, 3:30pm)
• Tuesday 29^th March: Angola vs Democratic Republic of Congo (11 de Novembro Stadium, 6pm).

Mateo Musacchio (Argentina)

• Thursday 24^th March: Chile vs Argentina (Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Stadium, 8:30pm).
• Tuesday 29^th March: Argentina vs Bolivia (Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, 8:30pm).

Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)

• Friday 25^th March: Ivory Coast vs Sudan (Félix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 6pm).
• Tuesday 29^th March: Sudan vs Ivory Coast (Khartoum Stadium, 8pm).

Alfonso Pedraza and Adrián Marín (Spain U21)

• Thursday 24^th March: Spain U21 vs Croatia (Estadio Municipal el Plantío de Burgos, 6pm).
• Monday 28^th March: Spain U21 vs Norway (Estadio Municipal Nueva Condomina de Murcia, 8:30pm).