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Ladislav Krejci, Czechia’s captain, did not feature as his country lost 2-1 at home to Croatia in the Nations League. He will now aim for a place when Thomas Tuchel’s England visit Prague on Tuesday.

According to ExpressAndStar.com, the 27-year-old sat out last weekend's Black Country derby win over Albion with a calf complaint, with boss Cesar Peixoto saying he did not feel right. Reports in his homeland said he trained individually but was not fit enough for Czechia’s 23-man squad.

Fer Lopez played 70 minutes for Spain under-21s in a 2-1 defeat in Finland. Mateus Mane started as Portugal under-20s lost 3-1 to Poland. Spain visit San Marino on Thursday then host Romania the following Tuesday, while Portugal face Switzerland on Tuesday and Czechia on Friday.

Nasser Djiga completed 90 minutes in Burkina Faso’s 1-1 home draw with Benin. Both goals were penalties, the hosts led after 20 minutes before Benin levelled midway through the second half. Burkina Faso visit Central African Republic on Monday, with Djiga chasing a 13th cap.

Jordan James played 75 minutes as Wales were beaten 1-0 in Portugal. He will hope for more minutes in Sunday’s Nations League trip to Denmark.

Jean Ricner-Bellegarde was booked after coming off the bench in Haiti’s comeback win over Trinidad & Tobago. Zimbabwe host DR Congo on Monday after goals from Marshall Munetsi and Tawanda Chirewa in Sierra Leone. Ivory Coast’s Ghislain Konan eyes another cap in Somalia on Tuesday, while Jackson Tchatchoua’s Cameroon visit Congo.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com

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