Villarreal confirmed in the last hours what was an open secret: the march to dispute the Africa cup up to four players from your squad. Thus Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast), Aissa Mandi (Algeria), Samu Chukwueze (Nigeria) and Boulayé Dia (Senegal), will be low during a particularly complicated month of January in terms of calendar with the entry on the scene of the Copa del Rey.
The footballers will be joining the concentrations of their respective teams during these days, since they competed, which this year takes place in Cameroon, it will start el next January 9. At least the yellow players will be in competition until January 20, date on which the group stage ends, although it is true that all of them form apart from teams called to go far in the competition, which is a major problem for the Villarreal . If they access eighths, these are held between the January 23 and 26. The rooms would take place the 29 and 30, while if they reached the semifinals they would not return before the February 3 or 4. The final the February 6th.
In this way, and in the best of cases, the Villarreal will have his four absences for sure in league matches against Levante, Atlético de Madrid and Elche. But these could be prolonged in time and in the days before Mallorca and Betis. Likewise, they could not dispute the 16th Cup against Sporting nor, in case of exceeding said round, the eighths or, in some cases, the fourths.
A problem that decimates a squad that already has players in the Nursing What Alcacer and Peña , and that, both in attack and defense, there are few alternatives when it comes to resting in the next section of the season: Something that Unai Emery is concerned: “Is a major setback in a month with many games if we advance in the Cup. We have injured players and therefore, we will have to make use of the branch players. The holidays pass quickly and we will have to do a good account of how things are. ”
For his part Ferdinand Roig is upset by the news that point to insecurity in terms of prevention measures for the pandemic that would surround the competition: “We do not like it. We would like you to stay here. It is an obligation for the club and it does not depend on us. We would like it to be played on other dates. It’s complicated. This is the situation and we have to accept it. ”
South American qualifiers compound the problem
As if that were not enough, the next February 2nd, date on which the cupbeans rooms, Matches are played in South America to qualify the teams for the World Cup. In this way, the yellow team could add to its list of casualties those of Stupiñán, who would play a Paraguay-Ecuador and those of Juan Foyth and Rulli, as possible summoned for a Argentina-Colombia.
