Today is the busiest day yet at the World Cup in Qatar for Serie A’s representatives, with 22 different players involved in the four upcoming group games.
The kick-off times for today’s World Cup games are as follows (UK times): Switzerland vs Cameroon (10.00), Uruguay vs South Korea (13:00), Portugal vs Ghana (16:00) and Brazil vs Serbia (19:00).
Two Swiss players plying their trade in Serie A have been called up to the World Cup and will be involved in today’s game against Cameroon, Bologna’s Michel Aebischer and Torino’s Ricardo Rodriguez.
Inter’s Andre Onana, Napoli’s André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Udinese’s Enzo Ebosse and Hellas Verona’s Martin Hongla are all at the World Cup representing Cameroon. They’ll be hoping to kickstart their tournament with a strong opening win.
Uruguay coach Diego Alonso called up Lazio’s Matias Vecino, Napoli’s Mathias Olivera and Roma’s Matias Vina for the World Cup. The perennial dark horses will hope to avoid an upset loss to South Korea in their first group outing.
The only Serie A representative in the South Korea squad is Napoli centre back Kim Min-Jae.
Milan’s Rafael Leao and Roma’s Rui Patricio have both joined up with the Portugal squad for Qatar and they’ll be hoping to go far as star forward Cristiano Ronaldo takes part in his final World Cup.
Opposing Portugal today is Ghana, whose squad contains Roma talent Felix Afena-Gyan.
The day’s action rounds off with a blockbuster clash between Brazil and Serbia. Juventus trio Danilo, Alex Sandro and Gleison Bremer have all been called up for the Selecao, a team hungry to win their first World Cup in 20 years.
The Serbia squad contains a number of Serie A players who are keen to show their skills on the world stage. Fiorentina’s Luka Jovic, Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic, Sampdoria’s Filip Djuricic, Hellas Verona’s Ivan Ilic, Torino’s Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.