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12.06.2022Bayer 04

#InternationalWerkself: Hincapie, Kossounou and Bakker end internationals unbeaten

Werkself players Piero Hincapie, Odilon Kossounou and Mitchel Bakker have successfully completed the international fixtures with their national sides. In addition: Germany with Jonathan Tah drew again in the UEFA Nations League against Hungary and Moussa Diaby and France also drew with Austria. The international update:
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After the matches against Nigeria (1-0) and Mexico (0-0), Piero Hincapie and Ecuador remained unbeaten in the third and final friendly against Cape Verde in Fort Lauderdale with a 1-0 win on Saturday 11 June. The goalscorer for La Tri was Jordy Caicedo (38'). The Werkself number 33 played the full 90 minutes.

Odilon Kossounou played his second and last match in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the Ivory Coast on Thursday 9 June. The game against Lesotho ended in a goalless draw. The Black and Red defender was in the starting line-up and came off at half-time. The Ivorians are currently top of the table after the draw and the previous 3-1 win against Zambia. The next match in the AFCON qualifiers is against Comoros in September.

Bakker & Co. qualify for U21 Euros

Mitchel Bakker also has a spotless record with the Netherlands U21 side in the European Championship qualifiers. In the match against Wales on Saturday, Bakker & Co won 1-0 with a late goal from Lutsharel Geertruida (86’). Bakker played the full 90 minutes. The ‘JongOranje’ secured convincing wins in the previous matches against Moldova (3-0) and Gibraltar (6-0) and were already qualified for the U21 Euros top of the group (26 points) ahead of the final game.

draws for Tah and Diaby

After two draws against Italy and England, Germany again ended all square in the UEFA Nation's League. The match in Budapest against Hungary on Saturday evening ended with a 1-1 scoreline with Jonas Hofmann scoring on nine minutes. Werkself defender Jonathan Tah was an unused sub. The Flick team are currently third with three points in Group A3 behind Italy (five points) and Hungary (four points).

Moussa Diaby and France drew 1-1 with Austria in the UEFA Nations League. Kylian Mbappé put the Équipe de France level on 63 minutes. Diaby started and completed the game. Austria are in second place and France are in fourth with two points from three games. The leaders in Group 1 are Denmark in spite of their latest 1-0 defeat against Croatia.

Hradecky and Finland defeated

Werkself captain Lukas Hradecky was on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline on Saturday in Finland's game against Romania in the UEFA Nations League. The Leverkusen keeper was not in goal and instead watched the game from the bench. The Scandinavian side are second in Group B3 after three matchdays four points behind Bosnia-Herzegovina.

REMAINING INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES:

Jonathan Tah – Germany

14 June, 20.45 CEST: Germany vs Italy (UEFA Nations League)

Lukas Hradecky – Finland

14 June, 20.45 CEST: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Finland (UEFA Nations League)

Moussa Diaby – France

13 June, 20.45 CEST: France vs Croatia (UEFA Nations League)

 

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