The day of the Real Betis internationals It started last morning with the scare involving Johnny Cardoso, who was substituted in the match between the United States and Jamaica due to a bruised knee. In Heliópolis they continue to pay close attention to the state of the midfielder, while at the same time They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw how Scaloni left Lo Celso without playing in Argentina’s defeat against Paraguay (2-1).
This Friday, for its part, it was the turn of the other three green and white players called up by their national teams. A call that In the case of Ricardo Rodríguez, it has served as an escape route, after seeing how his role under Manuel Pellegrini has plummeted.. After starting in the derby, the left-back barely had a minute during the visit to Osasuna and remained on the bench in the last three LaLiga games, being used by the Chilean coach together with ‘unit B’ in the Copa del Rey and in the matches against Copenhagen and Celje in the Conference League.
However, for Murat Yakin, the former Torino player remains a fixture, starting as tplay in a defense of three centre-backs in the clash played by Switzerland in their own fiefdom against Serbiabeing replaced in the 89th minute by Ulisses Garcia. Their opportunity to regain their senses, however, did not have a happy ending, as the Swiss saw how a goal from Terzic two minutes from time equaled the one scored by Amdouni in the 78th minute and condemned them to the relegation from the first category of the UEFA Nations League.
Ez Abde, starter in Morocco’s win
Ez Abde also started as a starter in the rout of Morocco over Gabon (1-5), in a duel corresponding to the fifth day of the African Cup of Nations Qualifiersin which the team coached by Walid Regragui counts its games by victories. The Betic winger had 79 minutes in a match that his team began losing thanks to Denis Bouanga’s early goal, to which the North Africans responded before the break with goals from Harkass and Real Madrid player Brahim Díaz, twice, with former Sevilla player En-Nesyri closing the scoring in the second half y Saibari.
No minutes for Rui Silva
For his part, Rui Silva witnessed from the bench Portugal’s 5-1 victory against Poland, with Digo Costa as goalkeeper, which allows the Portuguese to seal their place in the quarterfinals of the Nations League as first in the group. It was a historic night for ‘Bob’ Martínez, who became the earliest coach to score 20 victories with the neighboring country’s team after only 25 games. Leao opened the scoring in the 59th minute and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double in the party that Bruno and Pedro Neto rounded off, Marczuk scoring the goal of Polish honor in the final moments.