Other players on the road include Thomas Delaney with Denmark and Ludwig Augustinsson with Sweden. Both will play against Chile who travel to Europe for their friendlies, making stops in Aalborg and Solna. Delaney will play his second game against Panama, with Augustinsson’s second coming against Romania.
While Delaney and Augustinsson have been regulars in their respective national teams, Milos Veljkovic is fairly new on the scene. The Serbian national player, despite missing the game against Augsburg, will have two chances to make his mark ahead of the World Cup. Milos will play with Serbia for their matches against Morocco and Nigeria.
Josh Sargent will be part of the America U20s squad for their fixtures against France in Alicante and Atlético Madrid U21s in Madrid.
Florian Kainz will represent Austria for their friendlies against Slovenia and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, teammate Milot Rashica, who already has eleven international caps under his belt, has been selected as part of the squad for Kosovo’s games against Madagascar and Burkina Faso.
Three Werder players could find themselves in a single match in the China Cup, as, depending on the way the draw works out, the Czech Republic may play China, in which case Czech players Jiri Pavlenka and Theodor Gebre Selassie would play against Yuning Zhang. The Czech Republic will play Uruguay as one of the semi-finals with China meeting Wales in the other. If all works out therefore, we will see Jiri and Theo line up against Yuning in the final.