Other Nerazzurri on international duty

Qatar 2022, Copa América, Euro U21, friendlies

Not only the Nerazzurri who participate in EURO2020 are on international duty. In fact, other Atalanta players will be playing in other competitions with their respective national teams.

These are four South American players: Luis Muriel and Duván Zapata who have been called up to Colombia and José Palomino and Cristian Romero to Argentina for the Qatar World Cup 2022 Qualifiers.

The results:
04.06 Perù 0-3 Colombia with Muriel and Zapata on the pitch for 71 minutes
04.06 Argentina 1-1 Cile with Romero that played the full 90 minutes on his international debut. Palomino was not featured in the match sheet.
09.06 Colombia 2-2 Argentina with Zapata that played the first 45 minutes while Muriel came on in the 30th minute of the first half and scored the penalty that sparked the Colombian comeback. Romero was a starter for Argentina and played for 64 minutes; he scored his first goal in the Albiceleste shirt and opened the scoring after 3 minutes of play. Palomino was not featured in the match sheet.

The commitments for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers will resume in September. Now we are waiting for information about the Copa America.

Boško Šutalo and the U21s have already finished the U21s European Championship.

Josip Iličić with Slovenia and Berat Djimsiti with Albania have played friendly matches.

  • 09/06/2021
  • Luis Muriel
  • Duván Zapata
  • José Luis Palomino
  • Cristian Romero
  • Josip Iličić
  • Berat Djimsiti
  • Boško Šutalo