Congratulations to Josip Brekalo on making his Croatia debut! The Wolves attacker not only made his first full international appearance in Thursday’s 3-2 UEFA Nations League victory against Spain, he also helped set up the winning goal by forcing David de Gea to parry his 93rd-minute shot into the path of Bayer Leverkusen’s Tin Jedvaj, who stroked home the rebound.
Elsewhere, VfL defender John Anthony Brooks was unable to prevent the USA from slipping to a 3-0 defeat to England, while Koen Casteels was an unused substitute in Belgium’s 2-0 win over Iceland. Jakub Blaszczykowski and Gian-Luca Itter were second-half substitutes for Poland and Germany’s Under-21s respectively, while John Yeboah was replaced by VfL team-mate Charles-Jesaja Herrmann in the Under-19s’ defeat to Portugal.
Summary of this week’s internationals involving Wolfsburg players:
Jakub Blaszczykowski (Poland): Brought on in 63rd minute
Friendly: Poland 0-1 Czech Republic
Goals: 0-1 Jakub Jankto (52’)
Josip Brekalo (Croatia): Brought on in 73rd minute
UEFA Nations League: Croatia 3-2 Spain
Goals: 1-0 Andrej Kramaric (54’), 1-1 Dani Ceballos (56’), 2-1 Tin Jedvaj (69’), 2-2 Sergio Ramos (pen, 78’), 3-2 Jedvaj (90+3’)
John Anthony Brooks (USA): Played 90 minutes
Friendly: England 3-0 USA
Goals: 1-0 Jesse Lingard (25’), 2-0 Trent Alexander-Arnold (27’), 3-0 Callum Wilson (77’)
Koen Casteels (Belgium): Did not play
UEFA Nations League: Belgium 2-0 Iceland
Goals: 1-0 Michy Batshuayi (65’), 2-0 Batshuayi (81’)
Gian-Luca Itter (Germany U20): Brought on in 76th minute
Elite League: Italy 3-3 Germany
Goals: 1-0 Davide Frattesi (11’), 1-1 Ahmet Gürleyen (36’), 1-2 Yari Otto (38’), 2-2 Gianluca Scamacca (47’), 2-3 Lennart Czyborra (50’), 3-3 Andrea Pinamonti (84’)
John Yeboah (Germany U19): Taken off in 68th minute
Charles-Jesaja Herrmann (Germany U19): Brought on in 68th minute
Four Nations Tournament in Armenia: Germany 0-1 Portugal
Goals: 0-1 Pedro Neto (57’)
