In Paris, the international truce is never really a truce.
This month again, after the Parisians have chained seven matches in the last 21 days (6 wins, 1 draw), fifteen of the twenty-seven players who make up the expanded professional group, including the young people of the "elite" group, will be mobilized with their selection at the end of September.
Eight Parisians in the League of Nations
Among them, several will be particularly affected by League of Nations matches.
France, of course, will receive Austria at the Stade de France this Thursday, September 22 and will go to Copenhagen to face Denmark on Sunday, September 25 with, in its ranks,
Kylian Mbappé
.
It is, with the injury of Presnel Kimpembe, the only Parisian on the list of Didier Deschamps.
Still in the League of Nations, Spanish coach Luis Enrique has summoned
Pablo Sarabia
and new Parisian recruit
Carlos Soler
to face Switzerland (September 24) and Portugal (September 27).
Tipped in the list, Sergio Ramos, who is making a good start to the season with PSG, and Fabian Ruiz, were ultimately not selected.
The Italy of
Gianluigi Donnarumma
and
Marco Verratti
, who will not participate in the World Cup, will play his last two matches of 2022 against England in a remake of the final of the last Euro (September 23), and against Hungary (September 26).
Summoned by Roberto Mancini, the Parisian number 6 was injured against Lyon this Sunday and could, however, stay in Paris.
He is due to take exams on Monday.
The most represented selection in the Parisian ranks, Portugal, will finally play its two matches against the Czech Republic (September 24) and Spain with three Reds and Blues:
Nuno Mendes
,
Vitinha
and
Danilo Pereira
.
Renato Sanches is still recovering.
Big trip for Messi's Argentina, the Brazilians not out of place
The rest of the Parisians concerned will be affected by friendly matches.
Achraf Hakimi
's Morocco
will play two games in Spain, against Chile (September 23) and Paraguay (September 27).
Lionel Messi
's Argentina
, who will find the two former Parisians Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria, will travel to the United States to play Honduras (September 22) and Jamaica (September 27).
Finally, Brazil will perform in France, against Ghana in Le Havre (September 23) then against Tunisia at the Parc des Princes (September 27), the opportunity for
Neymar
and
Marquinhos
to show their compatriots their enclosure. .
It should also be noted that three young players from the elite group, made up of the club's best U19s, have been selected for youth selections:
Ismaël Gharbi
with the Spain U19s, for two matches (against Albania on September 24, against Belgium on the 27th), as well as
El Chadaille Bitshiabu
and
Warren Zaire-Emery
with the French U19s.
Another Parisian, defender Younes El Hannach, was also called up by Lionel Rouxel.
They will play three matches in an international tournament in Serbia: against Portugal (September 22), Finland (September 24) and Serbia (September 26).