{"id":1332,"date":"2026-03-24T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:02:50","slug":"who-is-going-on-international-duty-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Who is going on international duty? | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The first international break of 2026 is here and a host of our stars are still looking to book their place at the World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n

Riccardo Calafiori<\/strong>‘s Italy, Christian Norgaard<\/strong>‘s Denmark and Viktor Gyokeres<\/strong>‘ Sweden are all vying to reach the finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States through the European playoffs.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, several of our players are taking part in the international friendlies as nations prepare their sides for the summer’s showpiece event.<\/p>\n

Cristhian Mosquera<\/strong> has received his first call-up to the Spanish national team, joining David Raya<\/strong> and Martin Zubimendi <\/strong>in the squad. Mikel Merino’s injury ruled him out of selection.<\/p>\n

Piero Hincapie <\/strong>will meet up with the Ecuador squad to take on Morocco in Madrid, Spain, and the Netherlands in Eindhoven.<\/p>\n

Ben White <\/strong>has received his first call-up to the England national team since 2022. Our full-back will join up with Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice<\/strong> and You Maduek<\/strong> in Thomas Tuchel’s side.<\/p>\n

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Kai Havertz <\/strong>has been called up to the Germany team for the first time since 2024, with Gabriel Martinelli is in Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil<\/strong> squad. <\/p>\n

Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/strong> and Tommy Setford <\/strong>are in the England under-21 squad, with Max Dowman <\/strong>in the under-19 set-up.<\/p>\n

Below includes all matches taking place over the coming weeks, with all timings in GMT:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 25<\/strong><\/h3>\n

England U19 (Dowman) v Serbia U19
UEFA U19 Euro 2026, Elite Round Qualifiers | Guimar\u00e3es | 11am<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 26<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Denmark (Norgaard) v North Macedonia<\/strong>
World Cup qualifier | Copenhagen | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Italy (Calafiori) v Northern Ireland<\/strong>
World Cup qualifier | Bergamo | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Ukraine v Sweden (Gyokeres)<\/strong>
World Cup qualifier | Valencia, Spain | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Brazil (Martinelli) v France<\/strong>
International | Boston, USA | 8pm<\/p>\n

Friday, March 27<\/strong><\/h3>\n

England (Saka, Madueke, White, Rice) v Uruguay<\/strong>
International | Wembley | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Switzerland v Germany (Havertz)<\/strong>
International | Basel | 8pm<\/p>\n

Spain (Raya, Zubimendi, Mosquera) v Serbia<\/strong>
International | Villarreal | 8pm<\/p>\n

Morocco in Ecuador (Hincapie)<\/strong>
International | Madrid, Spain | 8.15pm<\/p>\n

Andorra U21 v England U21 (Setford, Lewis-Skelly)<\/strong>
Euro U21 qualifier | Andorra | 6.30pm<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 28<\/strong><\/h3>\n

England U19s (Dowman) v Poland U19s<\/strong>
UEFA U19 Euro 2026, Elite Round Qualifiers | Guimar\u00e3es | 11am<\/p>\n

Monday, March 30<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Germany (Havertz) v Ghana<\/strong>
International | Stuttgart | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 31<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Portugal U19s v England U19s (Dowman)<\/strong>
UEFA U19 Euro 2026, Elite Round Qualifiers | Guimar\u00e3es | 4pm<\/p>\n

Spain (Mosquera, Raya, Zubimendi) v Egypt<\/strong>
International | Cornella | TBC<\/p>\n

England (Saka, Madueke, Rice, White) v Japan<\/strong>
International | Wembley | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

Netherlands v Ecuador (Hincapie)<\/strong>
International | Eindhoven | 7.45pm<\/p>\n

England U21s (Lewis-Skelly, Setford) v Moldova U21s<\/strong>
UEFA U21 Euro \u00a0qualifier | Nowich | 7pm<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Brazil (Martinelli) v Croatia<\/strong>
International | Orlando | 1am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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