In the newspaper SPORT we already anticipated on August 16 the problems that the Spanish league teams are going to face as a result of the two selection windows of September and October in CONMEBOL.
Problem that has exploded when the League announced yesterday Monday the schedules of the fourth league day and where the five Champions League teams will play their matches on Saturday afternoon. Many of these players will arrive on the same day of the game or on Friday at the last minute of their commitments with their national teams. We speak especially of Argentines, Uruguayans, Brazilians, although it also affects all Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Bolivian and Peruvian internationals who are active in our league.
Starting with Sevilla, Barcelona’s rival at the Camp Nou on September 11 at 9:00 p.m. Encounter for the one Julen lopetegui almost certainly he will not be able to count on his three Argentines: Marcos Acuña, Gonzalo Montiel and the Papu Gomez. Argentina disputes the third of its commitments for the World Cup in this September window on Thursday, September 9, against Bolivia at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires at 8:30 p.m. local time. In other words, we are already on the 10th in Europe.
Atlético de Madrid without Uruguayans and Argentines
This problem happens to the current league champion and current leader together with First Division Sevilla, Atlético de Madrid, in the visit that he will pay at two in the afternoon against Espanyol. Because the Cholo Simeone he will not be able to count on four of his key players in conditions. Three of them starters in the first two games. Among them the top scorer in the league, the Argentine Angel Correa. Because just like Rodrigo de Paul They have been called up by the albiceleste and are in the same situation as Sevilla. But there are also the Uruguayans Jose Maria Gimenez and Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan team plays its last game on Thursday, September 9 at 9:00 p.m. Uruguayan local time at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo against Ecuador. We will see if they arrive in time to be able to travel to Barcelona since Atlético de Madrid opens the day on that Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Even the problem would also affect the great rojiblanco goal, the Brazilian Matias Cuhna, which has been included by TIte in the list of Brazil as one of the great novelties.
Casemiro, Militao and Valverde without rest against Celta
And the same happens to Real Madrid on the occasion of their first match against Celta de Vigo at the Santiago Bernabéu. The first in the Madrid fiefdom since the appearance of COVID and also the first at home this season due to the works at the stadium. Ancelotti will hardly be able to count on the Brazilians Casemiro and Militao in addition to the Uruguayan Valverde to face the Galicians. In the case of Brazil, their last match is played on Thursday 9 at the Arena Pernambucano Stadium in Recife against Peru at 9:30 p.m. Brazilian time. In the case of Celta it will affect the Peruvian Renato Tapia, key player for the Galician team. Peru is precisely the rival of Brazil in this latest commitment. Villarreal is the same with the Argentines Foyth the goalkeeper Rulli that have been summoned by Scaloni.
The same problem will be repeated in the October selections window
And all because FIFA, as we already told in this newspaper, sent a circular on August 13 in which it announced the decision in an exceptional way and only for South America, to add two additional days of transfer to facilitate the dispute of one more match in each of the mentioned periods of September and October.
The addition of two days is based on the consensual need to provide sufficient rest and preparation time between matches, due to long journeys, both from other continents and within South America, compared to other confederations. This addition is due to the request from CONMEBOL to recover the two dates that could not once be disputed as a result of COVID.
With this decision, and according to the published circular, it seeks to “protect the health of the players, mitigate the possible negative effects of this intense calendar and preserve the sportsmanship of the competition, in addition to allowing players to return to their clubs sooner. after the conclusion of the international period & rdquor ;.
But it is precisely the clubs that are seriously affected by this extension of dates. A problem that will be repeated in October, between the eighth and ninth day. Because CONMEBOL will have the transfer section of soccer players in October from October 4 to 14. This means that the players will not return to Spain as soon as October 15. Also date for the start of the ninth day of the League in the First Division.