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19.09.2022Bayer 04

#InternationalWerkself: Eleven players on international duty

Time off for the Bundesliga but football is still being played: Following the 1-1 draw against Werder Bremen at the weekend, several Bayer 04 players are now on international duty. Eleven are on the road with their national teams.
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Patrik Schick, Adam Hlozek and Lukas Hradecky are involved in the final group matches in the Nations League. Schick and Hlozek are in the Czech Republic squad for the game on matchday five against Portugal. The Czechs lost the first meeting 2-0 at the beginning of June. Switzerland are the opponents on matchday six. The Czech Republic team won their previous encounter 2-1. Schick, Hlozek and Co. are currently third on four points in Group 2 in League A.

Hradecky is with the Finland team for matches against Romania and Montenegro. The Finns recently beat Montenegro 2-0 but lost 1-0 against Romania. The Scandinavian side are third in the table on four points in Group 3 in League B. Montenegro are second (seven points) and Romania are bottom on three points.

Sertdemir with U19s in euro qualifiers

 

Zidan Sertdemir is with the Denmark U19 squad for European championship qualifiers for next years finals in Malta. The 17-year-old and his teammates first play Georgia in Hjorring in Denmark and then there are matches against the youth teams from Montenegro and England every three days in Hobro.

Frimpong and Bakker with U21s

The two Werkself players Jeremie Frimpong and Mitchel Bakker are set to play two friendlies with the Netherlands U21 side. Frimpong, Bakker and Co. first travel to Leuven to play Belgium on Friday 23 September (kick-off: 18.30 CEST). The Oranje then play Romania include Cluj on Tuesday 27 September (kick-off: 18.00 CEST).

friendlies with Aránguiz and Co.

Five other Werkself players are set to feature in friendly fixtures. Charles Aránguiz has again been selected by Chile and will play alongside his teammates on Friday and the following Tuesday against Morocco and Qatar. On the same day, Sardar Azmoun with Iran, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso and Piero Hincapie with Ecuador also have friendly matches. While Iran have their games in Austria, Tapsoba and Co. head off to Morocco.

Hincapie with Ecuador in Düsseldorf

Piero Hincapie and Ecuador first face Saudi Arabia in Murcia (Spain) with the kick-off at 19.00 CEST and four days later they are playing a few kilometres away from the BayArena. La Tri meet Japan (kick-off: 19.00 CEST) at the Merkur Spiel Arena in Düsseldorf.

Odilon Kossounou starts a day later: The defender with the Ivory Coast plays Togo on Saturday 24 September. The second friendly for the Ivorians is against Guinea on Tuesday 27 September. Both matches are to be played in France.

Internationals involving Bayer 04 players:

Charles Aránguiz (Friendlies)

23.09., 21.00 CEST, Morocco vs Chile, Barcelona

27.09., Qatar vs Chile, Vienna

Jeremie Frimpong and Mitchel Bakker (U21 friendlies)

23.09., 18.30 CEST, Belgium vs Netherlands, Leuven

27.09., 18.00 CEST, Romania vs Netherlands, Cluj

Zidan Sertdemir (U19 Euro qualifiers)

21.09., 14.00 CEST, Denmark vs Georgia, Hjorring

24.09., 18.00 CEST, Denmark vs Montenegro, Hobro

27.09., 14.00 CEST, Denmark vs England, Hobro

Patrik Schick and Adam Hlozek (Nations League)

24.09., 20.45 CEST, Czech Republic vs Portugal, Prague

27.09., 20.45 CEST, Switzerland vs Czech Republic, St. Gallen

Lukas Hradecky (Nations League)

23.09., 20.45 CEST, Finland vs Romania, Helsinki

26.09., 20.45 CEST, Montenegro vs Finland, Podgorica

Odilon Kossounou (Friendlies)

24.09., Ivory Coast vs Togo, Rouen

27.09., Guinea vs Ivory Coast, Le Havre

Sardar Azmoun (Friendlies)

23.09., Iran vs Uruguay, St. Pölten

27.09., Iran vs Senegal, Vienna

Edmond Tapsoba (Friendlies)

23.09., Burkina Faso vs Togo, Casablanca

27.09., Burkina Faso vs Togo, Casablanca

Piero Hincapie (Friendlies)

23.09., 19.00 CEST, Saudi Arabia vs Ecuador, Murcia

27.09., 19.30 CEST, Ecuador vs Japan, Düsseldorf

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