News round-up 8.11.19
Once more, Villarreal is the club who have provided the most players to the Spanish national team. Today, Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno, Pau Torres and Raúl Albiol were all called up once more by Spain manager Robert Moreno for La Roja’s final two Euro 2020 qualifiers. Details here.
Those four aren’t the only men’s first team players who have been called up for their country. Karl Toko Ekambi — named LaLiga Player of the Month for October this week — and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa have both been named in the Cameroon squad for their Africa Cup of Nation qualifiers. More on that here.
But before the international break, all of the men’s first team’s focus is on Sunday’s game against RCD Mallorca. Kick off at Son Moix is at 12pm Spanish time. Javi Calleja’s been speaking to the press about what to expect from the game. Read what he had to say here.
Of course, that is not the only game involving Villarreal sides this weekend. This week’s Villarreal CF Live game sees Villarreal U21s (Villarreal C) face Atlético Saguntino. For a match preview and details of how you can watch that click here. For a full schedule for all Yellows teams here in Spain, click here.
Men’s first team goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo and women’s first team forward Nazaret Segura visited local school Colegio Liseo in Benicàssim as part of the Endavant A Star In Your School initiative. Read more about how their trip went here.
Furthermore, Vicente Iborra has visited Red Cross Castellón to see their educational projects. Read more about that here.
We also have a time and date for the match we hope to play in Miami, against Atlético Madrid. It will be on December 6th at 10pm Spanish time. More details here.
Speaking of Miami, we have been carrying out a number of activities this week as part of the Villarreal Miami Soccer Experience. The Villarreal Yellow Cup Miami by LaLiga competition kicks off today. Keep up to date on our English-language Twitter feed @Eng_Villarreal and the Villarreal Academy Instagram page, which is @villarreal.academy.
