Facundo Medina (25 years old, 3 caps, Argentina). The central defender will play two qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, for the South America zone: Paraguay – Argentina on Friday at 12:30 a.m. and Argentina – Peru, Wednesday at 1 a.m.
Argentina is first in its group with 19 points and four points ahead of Colombia.
John Chavez (22 years old, 5 caps, Ecuador). The left piston also plays two qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, for the South America zone: Ecuador – Bolivia, Friday at 1 a.m. and Colombia – Ecuador, Wednesday at 12 a.m.
Ecuador, which was penalized with a 3-point withdrawal for falsifying Byron Castillo’s birth documents during the previous qualifying campaign, is 6e and last direct qualifier with 10 points (1 point ahead of Paraguay).
Abdukodir Khusanov (20 years old, 16 caps, Uzbekistan). The central defender will have two matches to take a very big step towards the world. In this third qualifier, the first two in each group are directly admitted to the world championship. Uzbekistan is co-leader with Iran with 10 points, 6 units ahead of their closest pursuers. Qatar – Uzbekistan, Thursday at 5:15 p.m., North Korea – Uzbekistan, Tuesday at 1 p.m.
M’Bala Love (28 years old, 6 caps, 2 goals, Angola). Angola leads its qualifying group for the African Cup of Nations after its 4/4 finish. He must confirm during Angola – Ghana, Friday at 8 p.m. and Sudan – Angola, Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Przemyslaw Frankowski (29 years old, 47 caps, 3 goals, Poland). Poland (3e4 points) is up against the wall. To continue the adventure in the League of Nations she must leave Portugal behind (1is10 points) or Croatia (2e7 points). We must be a hit during Portugal – Poland, Friday at 8:45 p.m. and Poland – Scotland, Monday at 8:45 p.m.
Brice Samba (30 years old, 3 selections, France). One point is enough for France to continue the adventure and they will have to beat Italy to finish first. France – Israel, Thursday at 9 p.m., Italy – France, Sunday at 9 p.m.
Kevin Danso (26 years old, 23 years old, Austria). In this hyper-dense League B group with three teams on 7 points (Norway, Austria, Slovenia), Austria still has the cards in hand for direct promotion (finishing first) with Kazakhstan – Austria, Thursday at 4 p.m. and Austria – Slovenia, Sunday at 6 p.m.
Andy Diouf (3 hopeful selections, France). Two friendly matches on the middle program: Italy – France, Friday at 4:15 p.m. and France – Germany, Tuesday at 6:15 p.m., at the Hainaut stadium in Valenciennes.
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