
Germany coach Jogi Löw is again calling on the services of Jonathan Tah and Nadiem Amiri for his forthcoming three internationals. ‘Die Mannschaft’ have a friendly against the Czech Republic in Leipzig on Wednesday 11 November ahead of Nations League games on Saturday and Tuesday against Ukraine (also in Leipzig) and Spain in Seville.
There is a similar schedule for the two Austrians Julian Baumgartlinger and Aleksandar Dragovic: Austria have a friendly away to Luxembourg on 11 November. The duo then head off to Vienna for Nations League games, on 15 November against Northern Ireland and three days later against Norway.
Finland, with Lukas Hradecky, also have three internationals coming up: First up is a friendly in Paris against France on 11 November before a flight to Sofia for the Nations League game against Bulgaria (15 November). They are finally away to Wales in Cardiff – also in the Nations League.
Lucas Alario and Exequiel Palacios have been called up to the Argentina squad. They have World Cup qualifiers in Buenos Aires against Paraguay (12 November) and away to Peru in Lima (18 November). Edmond Tapsoba will be playing for Burkina Faso home and away against Malawi in qualifiers for the Africa Cup on 12 November (in Ouagadougou) and 16 November (in Blantyre).
Germany U21 coach Stefan Kuntz has named his squad for the Euro qualifiers against Slovenia on 12 November and Wales on 17 November and – once again – Lennart Grill and Florian Wirtz are in the frame. Both games will be played in Braunschweig. The U21 France team are also in Euro qualifiers. Moussa Diaby has again been called up for the games in Liechtenstein (12 November in Vaduz) and against Switzerland (16 November in Caen).
Jonathan Tah and Nadiem Amiri (both Germany):
Wednesday, 11 November (20.45 CET/live on RTL): Germany v Czech Republic (friendly)
Saturday, 14 November (20.45 CET/live on ZDF): Germany v Ukraine (UEFA Nations League)
Tuesday, 17 November (20.45 CET/live on ARD): Spain v Germany (UEFA Nations League)
Lennart Grill and Florian Wirtz (both Germany U21):
Thursday, 12 November (18.15 CET): Germany U21 v Slovenia U21 (U21 Euro qualifier)
Tuesday, 17 November (18.15 CET): Germany U21 v Wales U21 (U21 Euro qualifier)
Aleksandar Dragovic and Julian Baumgartlinger (both Austria):
Wednesday, 11 November (20.30 CET/live on DAZN): Luxembourg v Austria (friendly)
Sunday, 15 November (20.45 CET/live on DAZN): Austria v Northern Ireland (UEFA Nations League)
Wednesday, 18 November (20.45 CET/live on DAZN): Austria v Norway (UEFA Nations League)
Lukas Hradecky (Finland):
Wednesday, 11 November (21.10 CET/live on DAZN): France v Finland (friendly)
Sunday, 15 November (18 CET/live on DAZN): Bulgaria v Finland (UEFA Nations League)
Wednesday, 18 November (20.45 CET/live on DAZN): Wales v Finland (UEFA Nations League)
Moussa Diaby (France U21):
Thursday, 12 November (20.45 CET): Liechtenstein U21 v France U21 (U21 Euro qualifier)
Monday, 16 November (21.00 CET): France U21 v Switzerland U21 (U21 Euro qualifier)
Lucas Alario and Exequiel Palacios (both Argentina):
Friday, 13 November (01.00 CET): Argentina v Paraguay (World Cup qualifier)
Wednesday, 18 November (01.30 CET): Peru v Argentina (World Cup qualifier)
Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso):
Thursday, 12 November (19.00 CET): Burkina Faso v Malawi (Africa Cup qualifier)
Monday, 16 November (15.00 CET): Malawi v Burkina Faso (Africa Cup qualifier)


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