FC Barcelona International Diary

Another international week, and there are eight FC Barcelona players away playing for their countries this time. Raphinha has World Cup qualifiers, and the Europeans have UEFA Nations League or UEFA U21 Championships games to play. These are the eight:

• Spain: Cubarsí, Pedri & Lamine Yamal
  Spain U21: Marc Casadó & Pablo Torre
  France: Kounde
  Poland: Lewandowski
  Brazil: Raphinha

THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER

UEFA Nations League
Israel 1-4 France
Jules Kounde played the full 90 minutes for France who ran out comfortable winners against Israel. The World Cup runners-up are in second place in A2, just a point behind leaders Italy who drew at home with Belgium.

UEFA U21 Championship qualification
Spain 4-3 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan took the lead before the home side went 4-1 up by half-time, only for the visitors to threaten a comeback with two second half goals. Pablo Torre played started and played 71 minutes for Spain while Marc Casadó remained on the bench.

World Cup qualification
Chile v Brazil at 9pm local time (Friday 2am CEST) in Santiago

Brazil have only won three of their first eight qualifying matches, although the expanded format means they don't need to worry too much. Today they go to Chile, whose campaign has got off to an even slower start.