Atlético de Madrid is one of the teams that contributes the most players to the international teams. In this break, he has let 13 players from the first team go, and it could have been more if not for the injuries of Lemar and Llorente. Let’s see how they did according to the country.
The center-back and the forward went to Uruguay but could not score any points by losing to Bolivia and Argentina. The Charruas are in a difficult position in the face of the aspirations to go to the World Cup, since they occupy the seventh place.
De Paul and Correa returned with their homework with Argentina. The albiceleste beat Uruguay and drew against Brazil, with good performances from De Paul. Correa enjoyed minutes against Uruguay but did not play against Brazil.
Cunha faced his Argentine teammates as the rojiblanco striker was a starter against the albiceleste. Against Colombia he did not start but came out in the second half to try to sentence the game, although he did not score a goal in any match. For his part, Lodi did not enjoy minutes in both games.
With the Spanish team it was only Koke, who played the first game in the victory against Greece, but was a substitute against Sweden. Competition in the center of the field from Spain is very strong, but even so Atlético has an important gap in the team.
The Belgian played against Estonia and scored an important goal for his team, although he rested against Galés, probably because Roberto Martínez wanted to rotate as they were already qualified for the World Cup.
The young Portuguese was not a starter in either of the two games but he tried to go out to fix the two bad games that the Portuguese team has made in this break. Portugal will have to play the play-off as they cannot beat either Ireland or Serbia.
The Frenchman started the famous French trident and scored a goal in the win against Kazakhstan. Against Finland he could not score but had a good match accompanying Mbappé and Benzemá.
Oblak will not play the World Cup in Qatar, because despite the draw with Slovakia and the victory against Cyprus, they have finished fourth in the group. The goalkeeper was a starter in both games, although he conceded several goals.
The Mexican is an important piece of the tricolor, but they could not win either of the two games. Héctor Herrera started both games and scored against Canada, but returns to Madrid with two defeats.
Montenegro has been far from going to the World Cup, it is normal because the national team is inferior to the great teams found in Europe. However, Savic is a key player and started both games, also in the historic draw against the Netherlands.
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