Ghanaian midfielder Alfred Duncan headlines a strong Sassuolo contingent of nine players who will be away with their various national teams on duty following the International break.

The Sassuolo midfielder has been handed a call up and is part of the 21 players in Cape Coast currently preparing for the African Cup of nations double header qualifiers against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Thursday 14th November 2019 before playing islanders Sao Tome and Principe three days later.

Filip Djuricic has been called by Serbia coach for a double home commitment: on November 14th against Luxembourg and on November 17th against Ukraine, both races are valid for qualifying for EURO 2020.

Pedro Obiang will also be involved in qualifying for the Africa Cup: Equatorial Guinea will first face Tanzania on away (Friday, November 15th) and then host Tunisia (Tuesday, November 19th).

Junior Traorè has been called up by the Ivory Coast National Under 23 team in view of the category Africa Cup. The Ivorian group will open against Nigeria (November 9th), then November 12th challenge to South Africa and 15th to Zambia. On Tuesday 19th the eventual two semi-finals are scheduled, while on Friday 22nd it will be the turn of the final for the first place and the one for the third place.

Manuel Locatelli is expected from the qualifying matches at EURO 2021: Italy Under 21 will challenge Iceland first (November 16th in Ferrara) and then Armenia (November 19th in Catania).

Under 21 also called for Mert Müldür who with Turkey will be involved in qualifying for the European Championship: the match against Andorra is scheduled for Tuesday 19 November.

In view of the fifth race of the 8 Nations Tournament that the Italian National Under 20 team will play against Switzerland (November 18 in Biella) the Neroveri players Giacomo Raspadori and Alessandro Tripaldelli have been summoned.

Finally Alessandro Russo is among the Azzurrini called up to the Under 19 in view of the first phase of qualifying for the European Championship category. The national team will make its debut in the continental tournament against Malta on Wednesday 13 November in Misano Adriatico, Saturday 16 will face the same age as Cyprus in Santarcangelo di Romagna and on Tuesday 19 will play the last group match at Misano Adriatico against Slovakia