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.
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)