11 Foals called up for international duty

Matthias Ginter, Jonas Hofmann and Florian Neuhaus have once again been called up to play for Germany ahead of the final international break of the year. Eight other Borussia players have also been selected by their respective countries.

Germany

Matthias Ginter, Jonas Hofmann and Florian Neuhaus have once again been called up to play for Germany. Head coach Joachim Löw has included the trio in his squad for the final three internationals of the year. The majority of the 29-man squad are expected to arrive in Leipzig on Monday afternoon. Eight players, including Matthias Ginter, will only join up with the team on Thursday afternoon. These players will only feature in both Nations League matches against Ukraine and Spain. 

  • Wednesday, 11th November (20:45 CET, in Leipzig): Germany – Czech Republic (Friendly)
  • Saturday, 14th November (20:45 CET, in Leipzig): Germany – Ukraine (UEFA Nations League)
  • Tuesday, 17th November (20:45 CET, in Sevilla): Spain – Germany (UEFA Nations League)

France

Borussia's Marcus Thuram has been called up to the France squad for the first time. Head coach Didier Deschamps has selected 'Tikus' in his 26-man squad for a triple-header of games. Despite a strong run of form recently, Alassane Plea has been left out of the squad. 

  • Wednesday, 11th November (21:10 CET, in Saint-Denis): France – Finland (Friendly)
  • Saturday, 14th November (20:45 CET, in Lisbon): Portugal – France (UEFA Nations League)
  • Tuesday, 17th November (20:45 CET, in Saint-Denis): France – Sweden (UEFA Nations League)

Switzerland

Borussia's Swiss trio of Yann Sommer, Nico Elvedi and Breel Embolo have all been called up for the final three internationals of 2020. Embolo was previously left out of the squad in October after having only just come back from a lengthy injury break. Additionally, Michael Lang is on stand-by. 

  • Wednesday, 11th November (20:45 CET, in Leuven): Belgium – Switzerland (Friendly)
  • Saturday, 14th November (20:45 CET, in Basel): Switzerland – Spain (UEFA Nations League)
  • Tuesday, 17th November (20:45 CET, in Lucerne): Switzerland – Ukraine (UEFA Nations League)

Austria

Austria head coach Franco Foda has called up Stefan Lainer and Valentino Lazaro for his side's upcoming three games. Hannes Wolf is on stand-by for these games, but will otherwise be in action with the Austria U21s. 

  • Wednesday, 11th November (20:30 CET, in Luxembourg): Luxembourg – Austria (Friendly)
  • Sunday, 15th November (20:45 CET, in Vienna): Austria – Northern Ireland (UEFA Nations League)
  • Wednesday, 18th November (20:45 CET, in Vienna): Austria – Norway (UEFA Nations League)

Austria U21

Hannes Wolf has been called up by the Austria U21s for their final two UEFA U21 EURO 2021 qualifiers. Currently, head coach Werner Gregoritsch's side are in second in Group 3 with 15 points. Although they cannot overtake table-toppers England (22 points), Austria still have a chance to qualify for the tournament by finishing within the top five teams out of the runners-up. They won both their first meetings with Turkey (3-0) and Andorra (3-1). 

  • Friday, 13th November (18:00 CET, in Samsun): Turkey – Austria (U21 EURO qualifier)
  • Tuesday, 17th November (20:25 CET, in Ried): Austria – Andorra (U21 EURO qualifier)

Algeria

Ramy Bensebaini has been called up by Algeria for their upcoming AFCON 2022 qualifiers. Algeria currently top Group H with six points ahead of upcoming opponents Zimbabwe (4 points), after having won both of their opening two games in qualifying. 

  • Thursday, 12th November (20:00 CET, in Algiers): Algeria – Zimbabwe (AFCON qualifier)
  • Monday, 16th November (14:00 CET, in Harare): Zimbabwe – Algeria (AFCON qualifier)

Slovakia

László Bénes is on stand-by for Slovakia's three upcoming internationals.

  • Thursday, 12th November (20:45 CET, in Belfast): Northern Ireland – Slovakia (EURO qualifier) 
  • Sunday, 15th November (15:00 CET, in Trnava): Slovakia – Scotland (UEFA Nations League)
  • Wednesday, 18th November (20:45 CET, in Pilsen): Czech Republic – Slovakia (UEFA Nations League)

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