Leagues across Europe are in collision with the plans of South American national teams. Especially Ligue 1. The congestion of fixture calendars between league games and meetings of South American national teams (in World Cup Qualifiers) will occur again in October.Spotlight is on the superstar South American players of PSG who will even have two games scheduled on the same day.International fixtures have become a nuisance for big European clubs as FIFA’s decided to allow three meetings per international window, instead of two. It caused chaos across European major leagues which resume the following weekend – national teams clashing so closely have made it tight for the club managers and directors to use their star players in their pursuit for club trophies.Sun, 19/9, 21.45: (1.40) PSG (5.30) LYON (8.00)For example, PSG had to play their Ligue 1 meeting against Clermont (4-0) without Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Neymar and Marquinhos, who had a match to play with their respective national teams (the infamous Brazil-Argentina match which was suspended due to a Covid19 paperwork fiasco), less than 48 hours before their match against Clermont.And in October, it will be even worse for the South Americans. CONMEBOL delivered the dates for the upcoming meetings on Thursday and the official program reads that Argentina-Peru and Brazil-Uruguay matches will be played on the same day – October 15. After calculating it all and including the time differences, this means that matches of the French top-tier round 10 will be played between Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of October. Brazil game kicks off at 12:30 AM in Manaus on October 15 while Argentina’s match starts at 1:30 in Buenos Aires.The same day, PSG will welcome Angers at 9 PM as part of Ligue 1. A potential case of two matches on the same day for Messi, Neymar, Paredes, Di Maria or even Marquinhos.Días, horarios y sedes de la triple fecha de las #Eliminatorias. Acaba de ser oficializado por Conmebol. pic.twitter.com/a8kjVW4hh1— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo) September 16, 2021 It could also happen for the Brazilians of Olympique Lyon (Lucas Paqueta and Bruno Guimaraes) and Monaco’s Chilean Guillermo Maripan as Chile meet Venezuela on October 15th at 2 AM, French time. Lyon and Monaco will face each other on Saturday October 16th at 9 PM.It will be a tricky attempt to incorporate all these players in their club’s line-ups if they do take part in their respective national teams World Cup Qualifiers in October.
