International duty: Seven Nerazzurri kick off November action
Six winning starts, setback for Pašalić's Croatia
Twelve Atalanta players have been called up by their respective national teams for this November international window: eleven for UEFA Nations League duty and one, Franck Kessie, for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Ivory Coast.
Seven Nerazzurri were involved in the opening day of the November international break on Thursday 12 November, with De Ketelaere and Krstović both on the scoresheet. The Belgian played 80 minutes and scored his side's second goal in a 3-1 away win over Türkiye, while the Montenegrin played the full 90 minutes and netted a brace in the 2-1 home victory over Latvia.
Kessie came on in the 70th minute of Ivory Coast's 2-1 win over Gambia, as did Pašalić in Croatia's 2-1 defeat away to England. Meanwhile, Italy beat France 3-1 in Milan, with Scalvini playing the entire match, Scamacca coming on in second-half stoppage time (90+2) and Carnesecchi remaining an unused substitute.
Friday brings another trio of Nerazzurri into the spotlight, with Elmas representing North Macedonia against Scotland, Samardžić lining up for Serbia against Germany and Obrić flying the Slovenian flag against Switzerland.
Here's the full list of the Nerazzurri called up and their upcoming fixtures:
Charles DE KETELAERE - BELGIUM
- UEFA Nations League - Thursday 12 November in Izmir: Türkiye 1-3 Belgium | De Ketelaere played the opening 80 minutes, scoring Belgium's second goal of the night
- UEFA Nations League - Sunday 15 November in Brussels: Belgium vs Italy
Sead KOLAŠINAC - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- UEFA Nations League - Saturday 14 November in Stockholm: Sweden vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
- UEFA Nations League - Tuesday 17 November in Zenica: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Romania
Franck KESSIE - IVORY COAST
- Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier - Thursday 12 November in Bouaké: Ivory Coast 2-1 Gambia | Kessie made a substitute appearance on 70 minutes
- Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier - Tuesday 17 November in Banjul: Gambia vs Ivory Coast
Mario PAŠALIĆ - CROATIA
- UEFA Nations League - Thursday 12 November in London: England 2-1 Croatia | Pašalić made a substitute appearance on 70 minutes
- UEFA Nations League - Sunday 15 November in Osijek: Croatia vs Czechia
Marco CARNESECCHI, Giorgio SCALVINI and Gianluca SCAMACCA - ITALY
- UEFA Nations League - Thursday 12 November in Milan: Italy 3-1 France | Scalvini played the whole game, Scamacca made a substitute appearance on 90+2 minutes, Carnesecchi was an unused substitute
- UEFA Nations League - Sunday 15 November in Brussels: Belgium vs Italy
Eljif ELMAS - NORTH MACEDONIA
- UEFA Nations League - Friday 13 November in Glasgow: Scotland vs North Macedonia
- UEFA Nations League - Monday 16 November in Skopje: North Macedonia vs Slovenia
Nikola KRSTOVIĆ - MONTENEGRO
- UEFA Nations League - Thursday 12 November in Podgorica: Montenegro 2-1 Latvia | Krstović played the whole game scoring the winning brace
- UEFA Nations League - Tuesday 15 November in Limassol: Cyprus vs Montenegro
Nicola ZALEWSKI - POLAND
- UEFA Nations League - Saturday 14 November in Bucharest: Romania vs Poland
- UEFA Nations League - Tuesday 17 November in Wroclaw: Poland vs Sweden
Lazar SAMARDŽIĆ - SERBIA
- UEFA Nations League - Friday 13 November in Belgrade: Serbia vs Germany
- UEFA Nations League - Monday 16 November in Volos: Greece vs Serbia
Relja OBRIĆ - SLOVENIA
- UEFA Nations League - Friday 13 November in Ljubljana: Slovenia vs Switzerland
- UEFA Nations League - Monday 16 November in Skopje: North Macedonia vs Slovenia