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The bad news: there's no Aston Villa match this weekend. The good news: the players get to recover from a series of tough matches. Sort of, anyway - because quite a few of them have commitments over the next few days.
There are nine Villans set to represent their respective countries this week, most with full international caps to collect, but three that will play at the younger levels.
Players
Ciaran Clark, Ireland
Fabian Delph, England
Brad Guzan, United States
Alan Hutton, Scotland
Carlos Sanchez, Colombia
Philippe Senderos, Switzerland
Jores Okore, Denmark U21s
Callum Robinson, England U20s
Kevin Toner, Ireland U19s
Schedule
Wednesday, October 8
Sweden U19s vs. Ireland U19s, 7:30 p.m.
Friendly
Kevin Toner
Thursday, October 9
England vs. San Marino, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Fabian Delph
Slovenia vs. Switzerland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Philippe Senderos
England U20s vs. Germany U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson
Friday, October 10
USA vs. Ecuador, midnight
Friendly
Brad Guzan
Sweden U19s vs. Ireland U19s, 2 p.m.
Friendly
Kevin Toner
Denmark U21s vs. Portugal U21s, 5 p.m.
Euro U21 Qualifying, Group 2
Jores Okore
Saturday, October 11
Colombia vs. El Salvador, 1 a.m.
Friendly
Carlos Sanchez
Ireland vs. Gibraltar, 5 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Ciaran Clark
Scotland vs. Georgia, 5 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Alan Hutton
England U20s vs. Netherlands U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson
Sunday, October 12
Estonia vs. England, 5 p.mm.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Fabian Delph
Monday, October 13
England U20s vs. Turkey U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson
Tuesday, October 14
Germany vs. Ireland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Ciaran Clark
Poland vs. Scotland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Alan Hutton
San Marino vs. Switzerland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Philippe Senderos
Iceland U21s vs. Denmark U21s, 5:15 p.m.
Euro U21 Qualifying, Group 2
Jores Okore
Wednesday, October 15
Canada vs. Colombia, 2:15 a.m.
Friendly
Carlos Sanchez
Who's Missing?
Ron Vlaar
Calf injury, as we all know. Thank goodness Gus Hiddink didn't insist on picking Captain Vlaar for Netherlands as he needs to get healthy like, yesterday.
Christian Benteke
This time, Marc Wilmots is playing nice, and not bringing in Benteke like the last time the poor boy had barely recovered from an injury. Or perhaps the coach just doesn't think Belgium will have troubles with Andorra or Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jack Grealish
Pulled out of Ireland U21 duty to deal with contract negotiations with Villa. We're certainly not going to begrudge him that.