Real Madrid

There is a new round of international fixtures for 16 of Real Madrid’s players. Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa will be with Spain for the friendly match against Saudi Arabia and the world cup qualifier for Brazil 2014 against Georgia, away from home. The Portuguese players Pepe, Coentrão and Cristiano Ronaldo will play for their nation against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, which are also world cup qualifiers. Germany, with Kedhira and Özil, will play two qualifying matches against the Faroe Islands and Austria. Benzema’s France face Finland and Belarus, and Modric’s Croatia will play Macedonia and Belgium. Di María and Higuaín have been called up by Argentina for world cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru. Marcelo will play for Brazil in two friendly matches against South Africa and China. Varane will play for the French under 21s in a qualifying match for the 2013 European Championships against Slovakia and a friendly against Chile.

Spain will warm up for the 2014 world cup group qualifying stage with a match against Saudi Arabia.
The current European and World champions, with a squad which includes five Real Madrid players, will play a friendly match against Saudi Arabia in Pontevedra. The match will be used to prepare the following match, which is a qualifier for the 2014 world cup in Brazil, on Tuesday 11, against Georgia in Tbilisi. It will be the first of the qualifying matches of this stage.
 

Match	Venue	Date
España-Arabia Saudí	Pasarón (Pontevedra)	07/09; 22:00 h
Georgia-España	Boris Paichadze (Tbilisi)	11/09; 21:30 h

Özil and Khedira kick-off at home
The Real Madrid players Özil and Khedira will play the first two world cup qualifying games. Germany kick-off against the Faroe Islands in Hanover and will travel to Vienna, where they will face a more difficult challenge against the Austrians. 

Match	Venue	Date
Alemania-Islas Feroe	AWD Arena (Hanover)	07/09; 20:45 h
Austria-Alemania	Ernst Happel Stadium (Viena)	11/09; 20:30 h

Portugal, with the Real Madrid trio Pepe, Coentrão and Cristiano Ronaldo
Paulo Bento has called up the three Real Madrid players for the world cup qualifying matches that Portugal will play against Luxembourg away and Azerbaijan in Braga.
 

Match	Venue	Date
Luxemburgo-Portugal	Josy-Barthel (Luxemburgo)	07/09; 20:45 h
Portugal-Azerbaiyán	AXA Stadium (Braga)	11/09; 21:15 h

Benzema, with France
The Real Madrid player Karim Benzema will be one of the major threats for the French national team in their group stage qualifying matches against Finland, away from home and Belarus in France.

Match	Venue	Date
Finlandia-Francia	Josy-Barthel (Luxemburgo)	07/09; 20:30 h
Francia-Bielorrusia	AXA Stadium (Braga)	11/09; 21:00 h

Modric’s first match with Croatia as a Real Madrid player
Luka Modric will also play for his nation in the first two world cup qualifying matches for Brazil. The match against Macedonia will represent his first match as a Real Madrid player. The second is against Belgium away from home. 
 

Match	Venue	Date
Croacia-Macedonia	Maksimir (Zagreb)	07/09; 20:15 h
Bélgica-Croacia	King Baudouin(Bruselas)	11/09; 20:45 h

Di María and Higuaín, looking to take top-spot in the South American group
The Real Madrid players resume the world cup qualifying stage for Brazil with the Albiceleste. Currently in third position, Argentina will face the bottom two in the group, Paraguay and Peru, in a bid to overtake the Chileans who head the group.

Match	Venue	Date
Argentina-Paraguay	Mario Alberto Kempes (Córdoba)	08/09; 01:10 h
Perú-Argentina	Nacional (Lima)	12/09; 03:15 h

Marcelo, two friendly matches against South Africa and China
The Real Madrid defender will play for the Canarinha in two friendly matches on home soil. They will face South Africa in Sao Paulo and will then host China in Pernambuco.

Match	Venue	Date
Brasil-Sudáfrica	Morumbi (Sao Paulo)	07/09; 20:45 h
Brasil-China	Arruda (Pernambuco)	11/09; 03:00 h

Varane, with the French under 21s
The Real Madrid central defender will play against Slovakia in a qualifying match for the 2013 European Championships and a friendly match against Chile.

Match	Venue	Date
Eslovaquia-Francia	National Training Center  (Senec)	07/09; 18:45 h
Francia-Chile	Stade Marcel-Deflandre  (La Rochelle)	10/09; 20:45 h