Four Udinese players played for their respective national teams on Saturday. The first was Alessandro Nunziante, who in the afternoon registered his second clean sheet in the Under 19 match between Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended 0-0.
In the evening, Jesper Karlstrom played the full 90 minutes in Sweden’s 4-1 loss to Switzerland. Saba Goglichidze played the first half of Georgia v Spain, which ended in a 0-4 loss for his side.
Oier Zarraga came on as a substitute in the 60th minute in the friendly match between Basque Country and Palestine, with his team winning 3-0.
Maduka Okoye’s Nigeria will face the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday, in the final round of the African playoffs for a spot in the inter-confederation World Cup playoffs.