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 Denis Suárez and Samu Castillejo both pulled out of the Spain U21 squad at the last minute due to injuries and have been replaced by their team mates Adrián Marín and Alfonso Pedraza, respectively.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 24th March: Italy vs Spain (Friuli Stadium, 8:45pm).
- Sunday 27th March: Romania vs Spain (Cluj Arena, 9:45pm).
Cédric Bakambu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Saturday 26th March: Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Angola (Stade de Martyrs, 3:30pm)
- Tuesday 29th March: Angola vs Democratic Republic of Congo (11 de Novembro Stadium, 6pm).
Mateo Musacchio (Argentina)
- Thursday 24th March: Chile vs Argentina (Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Stadium, 8:30pm).
- Tuesday 29th March: Argentina vs Bolivia (Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium, 8:30pm).
Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)
- Friday 25th March: Ivory Coast vs Sudan (Félix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium, 6pm).
- Tuesday 29th March: Sudan vs Ivory Coast (Khartoum Stadium, 8pm).
Alfonso Pedraza and Adrián Marín (Spain U21)
- Thursday 24th March: Spain U21 vs Croatia (Estadio Municipal el Plantío de Burgos, 6pm).
- Monday 28th March: Spain U21 vs Norway (Estadio Municipal Nueva Condomina de Murcia, 8:30pm).