{"id":8676,"date":"2023-11-14T05:12:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T23:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/14\/matches-in-international-break-messi-expected-in-argentina-vs-brazil-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-ronaldo-in-action-for-portugal\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T05:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T23:42:13","slug":"matches-in-international-break-messi-expected-in-argentina-vs-brazil-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-ronaldo-in-action-for-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/14\/matches-in-international-break-messi-expected-in-argentina-vs-brazil-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-ronaldo-in-action-for-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Matches in international break: Messi expected in Argentina vs Brazil FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Ronaldo in action for Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the halfway point of the footballing calender, November brings two more weeks of international football as national squads gear up for the CONMEBOL and AFC 2026 World Cup and Euro 2024 qualifiers. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the big games that you won\u2019t want to miss in the last international break of 2023 starting from November 16. <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers <\/h4>\n<p>With four games played, Argentina remains unbeaten that too with a clean sheet and is comfortable at the top of the table. But the World Cup winning side is about to face Uruguay and Brazil, the two toughest teams of South America. Winning both fixtures will massively increase the gap between the Lionel Messi\u2019s side and its competition, however, it won\u2019t be an easy challenge. <\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/neymar-injury-update-successful-acl-surgery-recovery-by-2024-brazil-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifier\/article67490738.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neymar has ACL surgery in Brazil, recovery expected between six to 12 months<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brazil on the other hand is struggling to find form having suffered a draw and a loss in its last two games. Uruguay brushed it aside in a 2-0 win stopping Brazil to even take a single shot on target. <\/p>\n<p>This being the last set of matches of the year until September next year, the teams will make sure it ends on a high note and be in a good position for the second half of the tournament. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualifiers timings<\/h5>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nColombia vs Brazil &#8211; November 17 &#8211; 5:30 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nArgentina vs Uruguay &#8211; November 17 &#8211; 5:30 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nUruguay vs Bolivia &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 5:00 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nBrazil vs Argentina &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 6:00 AM\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">Euro 2024 Qualifiers <\/h4>\n<p>The stakes are as high as they can be as we approach the final round of qualifiers for the Euro 2024 to be held in Germany. <\/p>\n<p>Netherlands and Greece are in a fight for the one spot remaining in group B which is why their games are extremely crucial. Ukraine and Italy from Group C too are contesting for the last spot and they will play each other for all the marbles on the last day. <\/p>\n<p>Croatia, one of the stronger teams of the table needs to win all of its games in order to beat Wales in its race to the Euros. <\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal is already through but will play two remaining games of the group stage. Slovakia and Luxemborg both have a chance to go through from group J. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">EURO Qualifiers timings<\/h5>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nCyprus vs Spain &#8211; November 16 &#8211; 10:30 PM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nLiechtenstein\u00a0vs Spain &#8211; November 17 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nItaly vs North Macedonia &#8211; November 18 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nEngland vs Malta &#8211; November 18 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nCroatia vs Latvia &#8211; November 18 &#8211; 10:30 PM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nNetherlands vs Ireland &#8211; November 19 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nFrance vs Gibraltar &#8211; November 19 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nBelgium vs Azerbaijan &#8211; November 19 &#8211; 10:30 PM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nSpain vs Georgia &#8211; November 20 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nPortugal vs Iceland &#8211; November 20 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nNorth Macedonia vs England &#8211; November 21 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nUkraine vs Italy &#8211; November 21 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nGreece vs France &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nGibraltar vs Netherlands &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nCroatia vs Armenia &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nWales vs Turkey &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers &#8211; Team India matches<\/h4>\n<p>India will open its AFC World Cup qualifiers with an away fixture against Kuwait and will then face Qatar at home. India being in a difficult group, will have to make the most out of each game if it wants to create history and go through to the World Cup. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nFIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers timings<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nKuwait vs India &#8211; November 16 &#8211; 10:00 PM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nIndia vs Qatar &#8211; November 21 &#8211; 7:00 PM\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">International Friendlies<\/h4>\n<p>Germany, the hosts of Euro 2024, will be looking forward to play the last two of its friendlies before the Euros next year. Germany is still finding form and consistency after playing out a set of mixed results in the friendlies this year. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nInternational Friendlies timings<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nBelgium vs Serbia &#8211; November 16 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nGermany vs Turkey &#8211; November 19 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fact-element\">\nAustria vs Germany &#8211; November 22 &#8211; 1:15 AM\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-shares share-page\">\n<p class=\"comments\">\nComments\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the World Cup and Euro qualifiers to Indian football, here are the big games that you won\u2019t want to miss in the international break starting from November 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-sport-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baysidesports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}