Werder’s Czech duo clash with Germany

The international break has started

Gebre Selassie and Drobny’s Czech Republic will play world champions Germany (Photo: nordphoto).
First Team
Monday, 03.10.2016 / 12:19

After Saturday’s encounter with Darmstadt, many Werder stars will soon be meeting up with their national sides. Theodor Gebre Selassie and Jaroslav Drobny will first face their current country of residence, as their homeland of the Czech Republic will face Germany in their upcoming World Cup qualifier (08th Oct, 20:45 CEST). Three days later they will again be in action, but this time against Azerbaijan. “Of course we’re not the favourites but we’ll do our best to make life hard for Germany, we have a young and hungry team and want to put up a fight for the whole game,” commented Gebre Selassie ahead of the game.

WERDER.DE gives an overview of the Green-Whites who’ll be in action this international break below...

+++ Austria (Junuzovic, Kainz and Grillitsch): Junuzovic’s Austria will want to build on their opening 2-1 win against Georgia when they play European Championship semi-finalists Wales (6th Oct, 20:45 CEST) in the first of two World Cup qualifying matches. Three days after this encounter, they’ll face Serbia away. Florian Kainz and Florian Grilltisch are on standby for the senior team, while the latter has also been included in the Austria U21s squad to face the Faroe Islands (7th Oct, 16:30 CEST) and Serge Gnabry’s Germany U21s side on the 11th of October (18:00 CEST). +++

+++ Mali (Yatabaré): A tough challenge awaits Yatabaré’s Mali in the form of the Ivory Coast in his country’s Group C World Cup qualifier. Mali have taken maximum points from their first three games and will want to build on their positive 5-2 success against Benin. Kick-off in that game is 20:00 CEST on Saturday the 8th of October. +++

+++ Finnland (Moisander): Werder’s new centre-back Niklas Moisander will also be in action for his nation’s two World Cup qualifiers. The first being a clash with the surprise team from the Euros, Iceland, in Reykjavík (6th Oct, 20:45 CEST), while their second and final match of the international break is against Croatia on Sunday the 9th of October (18:00 CEST). +++

+++ Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hajrovic): After thrashing Estonia 5-0 in their opener, the Balkan state will want to continue their good start in their next two World Cup qualifiers against Belgium (7th Oct, 20:45 CEST) and Cyprus (10th Oct, 20:45 CEST). Werder winger Izet Hajrovic has again been called up to play for his country, as the 25 year old already has 20 caps for his country, scoring two goals. +++

+++ Switzerland U21s (U. Garcia): The Switzerland U21s and Ulisses Garcia will face Norway on the 7th of October, as his country’s youth team play their final European Championship qualifier ahead of the finals in Poland in 2017. Switzerland lie in second place and are two points behind the current table toppers England, having however also played a game more. Switzerland could still theoretically qualify for the tournament through the play-offs, if they finish as one of the four best runners up. +++

+++ Serbia U21s (Veljkovic): Veljkovic’s Serbia U21s' European Championship qualifying campaign will also come to an end this international break, as they first face Ireland (7th Oct, 18:45 CEST) and then Slovenia (11th Oct, 17:00 CEST). Veljkovic’s nation currently find themselves in second place with 17 points behind Italy (23 points) and can also still qualify for the finals next year through the play-offs. +++

+++ Germany U21s (Gnabry): The Germany U21s, along with Werder’s Serge Gnabry, will play Russia on the 7th of October (18:00 CEST) and, to round off their European Championship qualifying campaign, will face his Green-White teammate, Florian Grillitsch, when the Germany U21s face Austria. +++ 

+++ Germany U19 (J. Eggestein and Schmidt): Attacking Werder talents Johannes Eggestein and Niklas Schmidt have been called up for the Germany U19s, who’ll face Gibraltar on the 6th of October and then Albania two days later. To finish their international break, Eggestein and Schmidt will come up against Ireland on the 11th of October. All of their games will be played at 14:00 CEST. Niklas Schmidt  is one of three players in the Germany U19s squad, along with Felix Passlack from BVB and Salih Özcan of 1. FC Köln, who have Bundesliga experience under their belt. +++

 

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