31 August 2020
It’s the first international break of the 2020/21 season and nine Juventus players have been selected by their countries to take part in UEFA Nations League action this week (with all matches kicking off at 20:45 CEST).
First up on Matchday One is Merih Demiral’s Turkey, who kick-off their Nations League campaign at home to Hungary on Thursday 4th September, with the match taking place in Sivas.
Next, Italy play Bosnia and Herzegovina in Florence on Friday 5th September, with Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini and Luca Pellegrini all getting the call from Roberto Mancini. On the same night and at the same time, Wojciech Szczesny’s Poland will take to the field for their game against Nations League runners-up, The Netherlands in Amsterdam.
Saturday sees Sweden play World Champions, France in Stockholm in a Bianconeri derby, with Dejan Kulusevski and Adrien Rabiot part of each respective squad. Elsewhere, inaugural Nations League winners, Portugal play in Porto versus 2018 World Cup runners-up, Croatia, as Cristiano Ronaldo has been selected for his country.
Matchday Two begins for the Bianconeri on Sunday with Turkey taking on Serbia away from home in Belgrade. Monday 7th September has Italy away at the Netherlands in Amsterdam, whilst there are three matches on Tuesday 8th, including another potential Bianconeri derby, as Sweden play Portugal, Poland are away to Bosnia and France face Croatia in a World Cup 2018 final re-match.
Here is the list in full of the Juventus players selected for international duty:
FRANCE
Rabiot
ITALY
Bernardeschi
Bonucci
Chiellini
Pellegrini
POLAND
Szczesny
PORTUGAL
Ronaldo
TURKEY
Demiral
SWEDEN
Kulusevski
