The Nerazzurri called up for international duty

After the first two matches in the season, the league campaign has paused for the first International Break of the season. After this, Inter will be in action in the big match of Saturday 13 September: at 18:00 CEST away to Juventus. Francesco Pio Esposito received his first call-up for the Azzurri after making eleven appearances for the Under 21 team. Five Inter players have been called up by Head Coach Rino Gattuso: Esposito, Bastoni, Barella, Dimarco and Frattesi.

Our captain Lautaro Martinez will head to Argentina for their matches against Venezuela and Ecuador. In terms of the other European nations, here are the other call-ups: Thuram (France), Sucic (Croatia), Calhanoglu (Turkey) while Dumfries and De Vrij (Netherlands) will take on Zielinski (Poland). Our new signing Manuel Akanji will also be added to the list of Nerazzurri players on international duty: the defender will be in action with Switzerland.

Here is the complete list of the players called up for the upcoming fixtures.

CALL-UPS AND FIXTURES

ITALY

Nicolò Barella, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Francesco Pio Esposito, Davide Frattesi

• Italy vs Estonia, Friday 05/09 at 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Bergamo

• Israel vs Italy, lunedì 08/09 ore 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Debrecen

ARGENTINA

Lautaro Martinez

• Argentina vs Venezuela, Friday 5/09 at 01:30 CEST (04/09, 20:30 local time) – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Buenos Aires

• Ecuador vs Argentina, Wednesday 10/09 at 01:00 CEST (09/09, 18:00 local time) - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Guayaquil

CROATIA

Petar Sucic

• Faroe Islands vs Croatia, Friday 05/09 at 20:45 CEST (19:45 local time) – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Torshavn

• Croatia vs Montenegro, Monday 08/09 at 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Zagreb

FRANCE

Marcus Thuram

• Ukraine vs France, Friday 05/09 at 20:45 CEST – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Wrocław

• France vs Iceland, Tuesday 09/09 at 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Paris

NETHERLANDS

Denzel Dumfries, Stefan de Vrij

• Netherlands vs Poland, Thursday 04/09 at 20:45 CEST –World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Rotterdam

• Lithuania vs Netherlands, Sunday 07/09 at 18:00 CEST (19:00 local time) - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Kaunas

POLAND

Piotr Zielinski

• Netherlands vs Poland, Thursday 04/09 at 20:45 CEST – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Rotterdam

• Poland vs Finland, Sunday 07/09 at 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Chorzów

SWITZERLAND

Manuel Akanji

• Switzerland vs Kosovo, Friday 05/09 at 20:45 CEST – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Basel

• Switzerland vs Slovenia, Monday 08/09 at 20:45 CEST - World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Basel

TURKEY

Hakan Calhanoglu

• Georgia vs Turkey, Thursday 04/09 at 18:00 CEST (20:00 local time) – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Tbilisi

• Turkey vs Spain, Sunday 07/09 at 20:45 CEST (21:45 local time) – World Cup 2026 Qualifiers | Konya