Another FIFA date, another FC Barcelona exodus

Another FIFA date, another FC Barcelona exodus

Andres Iniesta
Andres Iniesta | sport

15 of Barcelona's first team squad have headed off to link up with their national teams

South American sides face two World Cup qualifying clashes while European sides play a friendly and one WCQ

FC Barcelona's squad is undergoing an exodus provoked by the national team call-ups. There is a two week break and the players are heading out from the Ciutad Deportiva to their respective countries.

The team will return on Tuesday to training, but with few players and there will be B team replacements. Just six first-teamers remain at Luis Enrique's disposal. Rafinha, Paco Alcacer, Lucas Digne, Sergi Roberto and Jordi Masip. Meanwhile Aleix Vidal is out injured.

These are the absences...

SPAIN 

  • Call ups: Jordi Alba, Piqué, Busquets e Iniesta
  • Game 1: 24.03.17, Gijón, Spain-Israel. World Cup Qualifying. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, St. Denis, France-Spain. Friendly. 20:00 h

SPAIN U21

  • Call up: Denis
  • Game 1: 23.03.17, Murcia, Spain-Denmark. Friendly. 19.30 h
  • Game 2: 27.03.17, Roma, Italy-Spain. Friendly. 21.00 h

GERMANY

  • Call ups: Ter Stegen
  • Game 1: 22.03.17, Dortmund, Germany-England. Amistoso. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 26.03.17, Bakú, Azerbaijan-Germany. World Cup Qualifying. 19:00 h

Uruguay

  • Call up: Suárez
  • Game 1: 23.03.17, Montevideo, Uruguay-Brasil. World Cup Qualifying. 00:00 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, Lima, Perú-Uruguay. World Cup Qualifying 04:15 h

BraZil

  • Call up: Neymar
  • Game 1: 23.03.17, Montevideo, Uruguay-Brasil. World Cup Qualifying. 00:00 h
  • Game: 28.03.17, Sao Paulo, Brasil-Paraguay. World Cup Qualifying. 02:45 h

Argentina

  • Call up: Messi y Mascherano
  • Game 1: 23.03.17, Buenos Aires, Argentina-Chile. World Cup Qualifying. 00:30 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, La Paz, Bolivia-Argentina. World Cup Qualifying. 22.00 h

CroaTIA

  • Call ups: Rakitic
  • Game 1: 24.03.17, Zagreb, Croatia-Ukraine. World Cup Qualifying. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, Tallinn, Estonia-Croatia. Friendly. 17:00 h

TurKEY

  • Call ups: Arda Turan
  • Game 1: 24.03.17, Antalya, Turkey-Finland. World Cup Qualifying. 18:00 h
  • Game 2: 27.03.17, Eskisehir, Turkey-Moldova. Friendly. 17:15 h

Portugal

  • Call ups: André Gomes
  • Game 1: 25.03.17, Lisbon, Portugal-Hungary. World Cup Qualifying. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, Funchal, Portugal-Sweden. Friendly. 19:45 h

FrancE

  • Call ups: Umtiti
  • Game 1: 25.03.17, Luxemburgo, Luxemburg-France. World Cup Qualifying. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, St. Denis, France-Spain. Friendly. 20:00 h

HolLAND

  • Call ups: Cillessen
  • Game 1: 25.03.17, Sofía, Bulgaria-Holland. World Cup Qualifying. 20:45 h
  • Game 2: 28.03.17, Amsterdam, Holland-Italy. Friendly. 19:45 h

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