Good news: It's yet to be official, but reports suggest Valverde is not going to play with Uruguay NT this break. He is not injured; they want him to rest. All the players staying this break: Lunin, Fran García, Alvaro Carreras, Raúl Asencio, Tchouameni, Fede Valverde, Dani Ceballos, Bellingham, Endrick and the injured players (Carvajal, Trent, Rudiger, and Mendy)

Another good news: Apparently, Mbappe did not train with France, but it's nothing serious. Deschamps said: "He's here, he had a small issue but nothing serious, otherwise he wouldn't be here today." Another reports stated that there will be an update on his situation today's evening.

The picture below looks familiar, right?

UEFA have approved these La Liga and Serie A matches to be played OUTSIDE Europe! Villarreal vs Barcelona will be played in Miami, USA and Como vs AC Milan in Perth, Australia. It's bizarre.

Some teams are using an interesting strategy/tactic to beat Flick's offside trap. They keep the CF in an offside position, but the idea is to pass diagonally to the wing behind their defense. Look video bellow:

But an interesting question from this: if we are using this strategy, who should be our RW?

In South Korea for the upcoming Brazil friendly, Rodrygo has been interviewed by Diario AS. He was asked about the difficult moment he had last season: