FIFA Virus staved off for now, as Neymar and Co feature
The first round of international fixtures involving Barcelona players is over and the FIFA Virus is yet to strike.
They featured in five of the games, playing 86% of the possible minutes. Claudio Bravo, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Neymar and Javier Mascherano each played the full 90.
Meanwhile Andres Iniesta went off after 46 minutes and Sergio Busquets after 78, after feeling a problem with his hamstring - though it proved not to be serious.
The Europeans were all in friendlies, while the South Americans were competing as part of their qualification campaign for World Cup 2018.
Arda Turan also featured for Turkey in a friendly, scoring and setting the other up in a 2-1 win.
SPAIN 2-0 ENGLAND
Piqué: 90 minutes
Jordi Alba: 90 minutes
Busquets: 78 minutes
Bartra: 82 minutes
Iniesta: 45 minutes
CHILE 1-1 COLOMBIA
Bravo: 90 minutes
ARGENTINA 1-1 BRAZIL
Alves: 90 minutes
Neymar: 90 minutes
Mascherano: 90 minutes
TURKEY 2-1 QATAR
Arda: 90 minutes
ESPAÑA 5-0 GEORGIA (U21)
Munir: 18 minutes
The question is now over whether Vicente del Bosque will rotate the Barcelona players out for their next game, against Belgium on Tuesday, with the Clasico ahead.
Meanwhile, only James and Raphael Varane from Real Madrid's squad competed internationally, both for 90 minutes.
