Eight Milan players called up for international duty

THE INTERNATIONAL break is coming up and 8 Milan players will be with their national teams.

Serie A kicked off just yesterday (it starts today for the Rossoneri with a 18:00 CET match against Lazio at Stadio San Siro) but the international break is already around the corner as next week there won’t be any games played in leagues.

Eight players from Filippo Inzaghi’s squad will be with their national teams during the break. Keisuke Honda has been called by Japan coach Javier Aguirre for the games against Uruguay and Venezuela. Cristian Zapata & Pablo Armero have been called-up by Colombia boss Jose Pekerman to face 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil.

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Nigel De Jong has been called up by Guus Hiddink for the Netherlands match against Italy and Czech Republic. Speaking of the Azzurri, Antonio Conte has called up three Milan players: Mattia De Sciglio, Andrea Poli and Stephan El Shaarawy. It was believed that Giampaolo Pazzini would be included too but he picked up an injury, while Ignazio Abate didn’t make it.

The big news from Conte’s squad is that Mario Balotelli, who has been sold by Milan to Liverpool, has been left out of the squad for the games with Holland and Norway. Meanwhile, Bryan Cristante has been called up Italy (not the senior squad).