“It should have been a wonderful month, but instead it turned into a nightmare.” This is how Teun Koopmeiners, Atalanta midfielder, commented on his Instagram profile on the verdict of the tests he took on Tuesday, which highlighted the impossibility of participating in the European Championship. However, there were many “Italians” who took to the field with their respective national teams on 11 Juneor: there are those who have played friendly matches and those who have qualified for the next World Cup, which will be held in 2026. Below is the complete list:
Kenya – Ivory Coast 0-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Evan Ndicka (Roma) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Ivory Coast
Madagascar – Mali 0-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Salim Diakite (Palermo) on the pitch for 88 minutes in Mali
Lassana Coulibaly (Salernitana) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Mali
El Bilal Toure (Atalanta) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Mali
South Africa – Zimbabwe 3-1 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Jordan Zemura (Udinese) came on in the 91st minute for Zimbabwe
Zambia – Tanzania 0-1 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Kingstone Mutandwa on the pitch for 3 minutes in Zambia
Angola – Cameroon 1-1 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Jackson Tchatchoua (Hellas Verona) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Cameroon
Frank Anguissa (Napoli) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Cameroon
Congo – Morocco 0-6 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Sofyan Amrabat (Manchester United, from 1 July to Fiorentina) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Morocco
Japan – Syria 5-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Daichi Kamada (until June 30 at Lazio) on the pitch for 28 minutes for Japan
Australia – Palestine 5-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Alessandro Circati (Parma) on the pitch for 90 minutes for Australia
Indonesia – Philippines 2-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Jay Idzes (Venezia) on the pitch for 90 minutes
Iran – Uzbekistan 0-0 – 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Sardar Azmoun (Roma, probably at Bayer Leverkusen from 1 July) on the pitch for 90 minutes against Iran
Mehdi Taremi (Porto, at Inter from 1 July) on the pitch for 90 minutes for Iran
Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari, from 1 July to Roma) on the pitch for 57 minutes in Uzbekistan
Lithuania – Estonia 4-5 dcr – Baltic Cup
Martin Vetkal (Roma) on the pitch for 90 minutes in Estonia
Lithuania U19 – Latvia U19 0-2 – Friendly
Kristofers Baumanis (Venice) on the pitch for 45 minutes for Latvia U19
England U20 – Ireland U21 0-2 – Friendly
James Abankwah (Udinese) on the bench for 90 minutes for Ireland U21
Slovakia U18 – Finland U18 0-1 – Friendly
Sonosi Daldum (Sassuolo) on the pitch for 74 minutes in Finland U18, scoring from a penalty
Croatia U21 – Sweden U21 2-5 – Friendly
Jonas Rouhi (Juventus) on the pitch for 45 minutes in Sweden U21, scoring.
Greece – Malta 2-0 – Friendly
Christos Mandas (Lazio) on the pitch for 9 minutes in Greece
Pantelis Hatzidiakos (Cagliari) on the bench for 90 minutes in Greece
Moldova – Ukraine 0-4 – Friendly
Ruslan Malinovsky (Genoa) on the pitch for 12 minutes in Ukraine
San Marino – Cyprus 1-4 – Friendly
Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) on the pitch for 63 minutes for the Cyprus national team, scoring twice
Portugal – Ireland 3-0 – Friendly
Rafael Leao (Milan) on the pitch for 45 minutes in Portugal
Rui Patricio (Roma) on the bench for 90 minutes in Portugal