Nainggolan scores a beauty in Paris

Adem Ljajic and Radja Nainggolan stole the show for their respective national teams over the weekend in the first of the upcoming series of international matches.

Serbia beat Azerbaijan 4-1, with Ljajic playing for around 60 minutes. The Giallorossi schemer picked up his first international goal in the match, powering home a right-footed strike from distance to make it 2-1.

Nainggolan’s Belgium side silenced the Stade de France with a spectacular 3-4 win over France. The Roma midfielder played the entire match and scored with an unstoppable right-footed effort in the 50th minute to put the visitors 0-3 up.

Nainggolan scores a beauty in Paris

 

The week ahead will see a number of Giallorossi stars involved in qualification matches for EURO 2016 and the African Cup of Nations 2017. Here’s a full list of the games in question:

ITALY: Astori, De Rossi, Florenzi
06/12   Croatia – Italy (EURO 2016 qualifier)
06/16   Italy – Portugal (Friendly)

BELGIUM: Nainggolan
06/12   Wales – Belgium  (EURO 2016 qualifier)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Pjanic
06/12   Bosnia and Herzegovina – Israel (EURO 2016 qualifier)

COLOMBIA: Ibarbo
June 11– July 4: Copa America

IVORY COAST: Doumbia, Gervinho
06/14   Gabon – Ivory Coast (Friendly)

GREECE: Cholevas, Manolas, Torosidis
06/13    Faroe Islands – Greece (EURO 2016 qualifier)
06/16    Poland – Greece (Friendly)

MALI: Keita
06/13    Mali – South Sudan  (African Cup of Nations 2017 qualifier)
06/19    Guinea – Mali  (Friendly)

SERBIA: Ljajic
06/13    Denmark – Serbia (EURO 2016 qualifier)