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Cristian Romero should return back to Thomas Frank and Tottenham fresher than most as he will miss Argentina's second World Cup qualifying match of the international break this week.
The 27-year-old Spurs captain played the full match and helped his country keep a clean sheet on Thursday evening as Argentina won 3-0 against Venezuela at the Mas Monumental with two goals from Lionel Messi sandwiching a header from Lautaro Martinez to keep Lionel Scaloni's side flying high on top of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers table.
Messi's men sit at the summit of that table by a huge 10 points over Brazil, having lost just three of their 17 matches since the qualifying began, with 12 wins and two draws.
However, they will now need to play against fourth-placed Ecuador on the road on Tuesday evening without Romero because the centre-back's yellow card, picked up in the 64th minute of the victory against Venezuela was his second in three matches and means the Tottenham defender is suspended for the trip in midweek.
While Romero will no doubt be disappointed to muss out, it does mean that he will return back to Hotspur Way as one of the fresher Spurs players ready for Saturday evening's Premier League game at West Ham United.
Frank will be waiting for a near full slate of international players to return, apart from his most recent signing Randal Kolo Muani, who has been working with the youngsters at the training complex on his fitness since joining in on loan from PSG, after not getting the call from France.
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