Alan Varela the biggest concern on the international stage | OneFootball

After Jakub Kiwior and Jan Bednarek, who play this Thursday against the Netherlands at 7:45 pm, comes the call-up of Alan Varela to represent the Argentine national team.

The FC Porto defensive midfielder, who hopes to make his debut for the Albiceleste, has a match against Venezuela in the early hours of Friday (12:30 am). Among the “blue and white” internationals in this international window, he is the one causing the most concern, given the match against Nacional scheduled for September 13 (6:00 pm) at Estádio do Dragão.

After the game against Venezuela, Argentina will play again in the early hours of Wednesday, in Guayaquil, against Ecuador, so Alan should only have two training sessions (Thursday and Friday of next week) at Olival before the home game against the islanders.

As for Eustáquio (Canada), he is on tour in Europe, and Pablo Rosario’s Dominican Republic plays only one match, on the 9th, in Jordan, so both midfielders avoid transatlantic flights and the wear and tear associated with those trips.

The other Porto players serving their respective national teams are Europeans and will return by September 10 at the latest. Some, like Deniz Gul (Turkey) and Victor Froholdt (Denmark), are even expected to arrive at Olival on September 8 and 9.

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