All the national teams played the first of three qualifying matches for the World Cup Qatar 2022 scheduled for September (only Switzerland and Ukraine will play 2).
The Under-21 players will compete today: the Nerazzurri Piccoli and Lovato have been called up to this team.
Below are the results of the second round of matches, with the relative playing time of the Nerazzurri First Team’s players, and the details of the fixture schedule.
ITALY – Group C
Rafael TOLOI and Matteo PESSINA
02.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: ITALY 1-1 Bulgaria (Toloi came on in the 64th minute, while Pessina was not included on the team sheet)
05.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: SWITZERLAND-ITALY
08.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: ITALY-Lithuania
SWITZERLAND – Group C
Remo FREULER
Friendly match 01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: SWITZERLAND 2–1 Greece (Freuler played the full 90 minutes).
05.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: SWITZERLAND-ITALY
08-09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Northern Ireland-SWITZERLAND
UKRAINE Group D
Ruslan MALINOVSKYI
01.09.2021, 16 CEST: Kazakistan 2–2 UKRAINE (Malinovskyi came on in the 59th minute)
04.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: UKRAINE-France
Friendly match 08.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Czech Republic-UKRAINE
DENMARK Group F
Joakim MÆHLE
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: DENMARK 2-0 Scotland (Mæhle played the entire match, doubling Denmark’s lead and winning the Man of the Match award)
04.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Faroe Islands-DENMARK
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: DENMARK-Israel
TURKEY Group G
Merih DEMIRAL
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: TURKEY 2-2 Montenegro (Demiral played the full 90 minutes)
04.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Gibraltar-TURKEY
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: THE NETHERLANDS-TURKEY
The NETHERLANDS Group G
Marten DE ROON and Teun KOOPMEINERS
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Norway 1-1 THE NETHERLANDS (de Roon and Koopmeiners, who were called up for the match, did not play)
04.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: THE NETHERLANDS-Montenegro
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: THE NETHERLANDS-TURKEY
RUSSIA Group H
Aleksey MIRANCHUK
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: RUSSIA 0-0 CROATIA (Miranchuk played the first half)
04.09.2021, 18 CEST: Cyprus-RUSSIA
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: RUSSIA-Malta
CROATIA Group H
Mario PAŠALIĆ
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: RUSSIA 0-0 CROATIA (Pašalić played the first 70 minutes of the match)
04.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Slovakia-CROATIA
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: CROATIA-SLOVENIA
SLOVENIA Group H
Josip ILIČIĆ
01.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: SLOVENIA 1-1 Slovakia (Iličić played the whole match and provided the assist for Slovenia’s goal)
04.09.2021, 18 CEST: SLOVENIA-Malta
07.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: CROATIA-SLOVENIA
ALBANIA Group I
Berat DJIMSITI
02.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Polonia 4-1 ALBANIA (Djimsiti played the full 90 minutes)
05.09.2021, 18 CEST: ALBANIA-Hungary
08.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: ALBANIA-San Marino
GERMANY Group J
Robin GOSENS
02.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Liechtenstein 0-2 GERMANY (Gosens featured as a starter and was subbed off in the final minutes)
05.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: GERMANY-Armenia
08.09.2021, 20.45 CEST: Iceland-GERMANY
ARGENTINA – Conmebol
Juan MUSSO
03.09.2021, 2 CEST: Venezuela-ARGENTINA
05.09.2021, 21 CEST: Brazil-ARGENTINA
10.09.2021, 1.30 CEST: ARGENTINA-Bolivia
UNDER-21s – Group 6
Matteo LOVATO and Roberto PICCOLI
03.09.2021, 17.30 CEST: ITALY U21-Luxembourg U21
07.09.2021, 17.30 CEST: ITALY U21- Montenegro U21
UNDER 19
Giorgio SCALVINI played the entire friendly match of the Under-19 team against England, the Azzurri were beaten 2-0. Alongside Scalvini, there were also the Atalanta teammates Zuccon (he played the first 62 minutes), Giovane and Sassi (called up for the match, but did not play).
The under-19 team’s next match will be on 6 September, always an away friendly match, this time in the Netherlands.