In addition to the four Atalanta players called up by their respective National Teams to partake in the World Cup in Qatar (namely, de Roon, Koopmeiners, Mæhle and Pašalić), three more Atalantini are to play international commitments with their National sides within the following days.

Matteo RUGGERI’s Italy Under-21 took on Germany in Ancona today; the friendly match, in which Matteo featured for 71 minutes, ended 4-2 in favour of Die Mannschaft.

Giorgio SCALVINI will hit the pitch tomorrow, Sunday 20 November, as Italy are set to take on Austria in Vienna.
On Wednesday 16 November the Italian defender played the full 90 minutes of the friendly match held in Tirana against Albania and won 3-1 by the Azzurri.

Worth noting how Mario PAŠALIĆ featured in the starting XI (subbed off at minute 65) of the run-in match preliminary to the start of the World Cup won 1-0 by Croatia against Saudi Arabia held on Wednesday 16 November in Riyad.

Ademola LOOKMAN featured for the first 45 minutes of the friendly match between Portugal and Nigeria that took place in Lisbon on Thursday 17 November; the hosts won 4-0, with two goals per half.