Nick Woltemade and the Germany U21s made a great start to their EURO qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win in Pristina against Kosovo on Tuesday evening. The 21-year-old was brought on in the 66th minute for Frankfurt’s Ansgar Knauff, before Youssoufa Moukoko scored a brace (74’, 78’) and Colin Kleine-Bekel slotted away Germany’s third (89’). Werder’s other international players will also be returning to Bremen off the back of decent results.
Rafael Borré made an appearance in Colombia’s second World Cup qualifier against Chile on Tuesday night, which ended in a 0-0 draw. The forward earned a spot in the starting eleven with his winning goal against Venezuela, but was substituted off in the 58th minute. Elsewhere, Olivier Deman is still waiting on his second international appearance for Belgium, having been an unused sub in their 5-0 win over Estonia, a result which has almost certainly secured their spot at EURO 2024.
Leon Opitz successfully rounded off his international break with the Germany U19 side in Spain. Just like in the 1-0 win over England, head coach Christian Wörns changed almost the whole team at half time of a 6-1 victory over Switzerland, with Opitz getting himself on the scoresheet to make it 5-1. They can now take that good form into qualifying for the Euros in Northern Ireland – from 11th to 18th October, the U19s will face Kazakhstan, North Macedonia and hosts Poland.
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Serbia were able to defeat Lithuania 3-1 on Sunday, 10th September and gain vital points in their European qualifying campaign. Milos Veljkovic played the full 90 minutes and was a key member of the side’s back-three. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored all three goals for Serbia, who now sit behind Hungary in second place of Group G. Jiri Pavlenka stayed on the sidelines in the Czech Republic’s friendly against Hungary (1-1), but was in action for the entire European qualifier against Albania, which ended with the same scoreline.
Rafael Borré, Colombia:
Colombia vs. Venezuela: Fri. 08.09.2023, 01:00 CEST (World Cup qualifier): 1-0 - Borré scored winning goal
Chile vs. Colombia, Wed. 13.09.2023, 02:30 CEST (World Cup qualifier): 0-0
Olivier Deman, Belgium:
Azerbaijan vs. Belgium, Sat. 09.09.2023, 15:00 CEST (Euro qualifier): 0-1
Belgium vs. Estonia, Tue. 12.09.2023, 20:45 CEST (Euro qualifier): 5-0
Nick Woltemade, Germany U21s:
Germany vs. Ukraine, Fri. 08.09.2023, 18:15 CEST (Friendly): 2-0 - Woltemade's assist helped put Germany ahead
Kosovo vs. Germany, Tue. 12.09.2023, 19:00 CEST (Euro qualifier): 0-3
Milos Veljkovic, Serbia:
Serbia vs. Hungary, Thu. 07.09.2023, 20:45 CEST (Euro qualifier): 1-2
Lithuania vs. Serbia, Sun. 10.09.2023, 20:45 CEST (Euro qualifier): 1-3
Jiri Pavlenka, Czech Republic:
Czech Republic vs. Albania, Thu. 07.09.2023, 20:45 CEST (Euro qualifier): 1-1
Hungary vs. Czech Republic, Sun. 10.09.2023, 18:00 CEST (Friendly): 1-1
Leon Opitz, Germany U19s:
Germany vs. England, Wed. 06.09.2023, 18:00 CEST (Friendly): 1-0
Germany vs. Switzerland, Thu. 12.09.2023, 11:00 CEST (Friendly): 6-1 - Opitz scores to make it 5-1
