Cuba
Cuba for the first time in its history, called on players playing in foreign leagues to participate in the World Cup qualifiers on their way to Qatar 2022 versus Guatemala Y Curacao, on the 24th and 28th of this month.
It consists of 11 players, four of which live in other countries and seven in foreign leagues with permission of Cuban sports institute (INDER), informed the technical director of the team, Pablo Elier Sánchez, at a press conference.
The footballers, who play in leagues from Brazil, Spain, Guatemala, United States, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, England, Honduras Y San Marino, will join the cast at the competition venue, where they will conduct joint training sessions on March 22-23.
These players are part of the 26 called up players, 23 of which will participate Guatemala for matches against the host (the 24th) and Curacao (the 28th).
It’s an unprecedented event, the first chapter of which took place last November, when the Cuban Football Association (AFC) He enrolled five legionaries who live and play in foreign leagues in his player register.
They are Onel Hernandez (Norwich City, the Inglaterra), Jorge Luis Corrales. Placeholder image (Montreal Impact, USA), Carlos Vazquez (Alcorcón of Spain), Joel Apezteguía (Tre Fiori, the San Marino) y Marcel Hernandez (Alajuelense from Costa Rica).