Atalanta Internationals in Action: November 15 Round-Up
National team duty for De Ketelaere, Hien and Kolasinac
The final international break of 2025 is upon us and 14 Nerazzurri First Team players have been selected to represent their respective national teams in November, with many aiming to qualify for next summer's World Cup. Here are the outcomes of the matches scheduled on Saturday 15 November.
While the game between Belgium and Kazakhstan played out to a 1-1 draw, with Charles De Ketelaere starting and playing 71 minutes for the Red Devils; Isak Hien featured for the full 90 minutes as Sweden fell 4-1 to Switzerland. Sead Kolašinac, instead, remained on the bench and did not feature in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 3-1 win over Romania.
Twelve Atalanta players called up for World Cup Qualifiers: here’s the schedule, results, and how the Nerazzurri fared:
Raoul Bellanova, Marco Carnesecchi and Gianluca Scamacca - ITALY
- Thursday 13 in Chisinau: Moldova 0-2 Italy | Bellanova played the full 90 minutes, Scamacca stayed on for 65, while Carnesecchi was an unused substitute
- Sunday 16 in Milan: Italy-Norway
Charles De Ketelaere - BELGIUM
- Saturday 15 in Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan 1-1 Belgium |De Ketelaere played the opening 71 minutes
- Tuesday 18 in Liège: Belgium-Liechtenstein
Berat Djimsiti - ALBANIA
- Thursday 13 in Encamp: Andorra 0-1 Albania | Captain Djimsiti featured for the entire match
- Sunday 16 in Tirana: Albania-England
Isak Hien - SVEZIA
- Saturday 15 in Geneve: Switzerland 4-1 Sweden |Hien skippered the team for the whole game
- Tuesday 18 a Solna: Sweden-Slovenia
Sead Kolašinac - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- Saturday 15 in Zenica: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Romania | Kolašinac was an unused sub
- Tuesday 18 in Vienna: Austria-Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nikola Krstović - MONTENEGRO
- Friday 14 in Gibraltar: Gibraltar 1-2 Montenegro | Krstović played the opening 74 minutes scoring the winning goal
- Monday 17 in Podgorica: Montenegro-Croatia
Ademola Lookman - NIGERIA
- Thursday 13 in Rabat (Morocco): Nigeria 4-1 Gabon | Lookman, a starter, played the opening 60 minutes of the game
Mario Pašalić - CROATIA
- Friday 14 in Rijeka: Croatia 3-1 Faroe Islands | Pašalić featured for the Vatreni in the first half
- Monday 17 in Podgorica: Montenegro-Croatia
Lazar Samardžić - SERBIA
- Thursday 13 in London: England 0-2 Serbia | Samardžić came on in the 69th minute.
- Sunday 16 a Leskovac: Serbia-Latvia
Nicola Zalewski - POLAND
- Friday 14 in Warsaw: Poland 1-1 The Netherlands | Zalewski played the opening 82 minutes
- Monday 17 in Ta' Qali: Malta-Poland
Two Nerazzurri will be involved in friendlies instead:
Kamaldeen Sulemana - GHANA
- Friday 14 in Toyota: Japan 2-0 Ghana Kamaldeen remained on the field until the 88th minute
- Tuesday 18 in Seoul: South Corea-Ghana
Odilon Kossounou - IVORY COAST
- Friday 14 in Riyad: Saudi Arabia 1-0 Ivory Coast | Kossounou played the whole second half
- Tuesday 18 in Oman: Oman-Ivory Coast