madrid soccer clubs in spains la liga have been forced to release international players for septembers south american world cup qualifiers after a decision by the court of arbitration for sport cas on sundayla liga had appealed against global soccer governing body fifas extension to the international window for world cup qualifiers by two days because it meant players participating in the matches would be unable to turn out for their clubs when spains domestic fixtures resume on sept 11fifa welcomed the decision by cas it said in a statementworld soccers governing body announced earlier this month that fixtures missed in march due to the covid19 pandemic would be played in september and october and increased the conmebol international window by two days until sept 10it cited extensive travel and player safety as the reasons for the extensionreal madrid barcelona sevilla and atletico madrid were all due to play league fixtures 24 hours later and on thursday la liga said it had held a meeting with all concerned teams who agreed not to release their players for international dutyla liga criticised the cas ruling in a statement calling fifas decision a plain declaration of intent to intervene in autonomous national leaguesthe league also responded by shifting fixtures for the corresponding weekend moving real madridcelta vigo and espanyolatletico madrid from saturday sept 11 to sunday sept 12 and requesting for sevillabarcelona and villarrealalaves both set for sept 11 to be postponedthe fixture change allows players involved in the world cup qualifiers to play for their clubs but causes more disruption to the teams who are all due to play in the champions league the following tuesday and wednesday