After the upcoming weekend, the international break is next on schedule, with UEFA Nations League and AFCON qualifiers coming up. So, the managers of the national teams have slowly started to publish the list of players who will participate in the upcoming games, and the first controversies occurred. France was the first one to announce their squad, and coach Didier Deschamps once again omitted Kylian Mbappe from the team, even thou he wasn’t injured. England’s interim manager, Lee Carsley, announced his squad and didn’t even speak to the upcoming coach, Thomas Tuchel (he wasn’t even informed by the FA that they would select the German tactician as manager). And the next in line is Germany, whose Football Association called a player from another team to participate in their squad.Der DFB hat offenbar einen Parma-Star eingebürgert 👀 #serieamore Was ist das für ein Bug? 😅https://t.co/fTUnPRJI09 pic.twitter.com/eDqKyT51Al— Marius Soyke (@MSoyke) November 7, 2024 The mistake was quickly spotted, and the squad list was removed from social media, but as we all know, nothing can be hidden from the public eye in the 21st century, and the photos quickly spread over social media. Even the Latvian football federation made a joke about the mix-up. So, what happened? Julian Nagelsmann announced his 23 players’ team for the upcoming games with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary. Even without this mix-up, there were a few ‘surprises’, as he called Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega for the first time. Kai Havertz was also included despite suffering a head injury in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan, while Borussia Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha has been recalled after an absence of 14 months from the national squad. Hey, @DFB_Team, we appreciate your interest, but @DarioSits’s flight is already booked to Riga 🇱🇻— Futbola federācija (@kajbumba) November 7, 2024 But he also called Dario Sits, a forward from Parma, who is playing on loan in Helmond Sport. The problem is – the player already debuted for Latvia in the UEFA Nations League match against North Macedonia in October, coming on as a substitute in the 17th minute. In just his second match for the Latvia national team, Dario Sits scored his first goal for the team. But somehow he ended up as a part of a squad graphic on the official DFB website. The graphic even showed Sits wearing a Germany shirt and confirming that he had been selected. The graphic was swiftly removed from the website, with the DFB blaming a technical error on their database for the error. The Latvian Football Association provided a humorous response to the error on their official Twitter account: “Hey @DFB_Team, we appreciate your interest, but Dario Sits’ flight is already booked to Riga”. Even without Sits in the team, Germany is on its way to qualifying for the Nations League play-offs as at least runners-up, as even though Netherlands and Hungary are each five points behind them with two games to play, they both cannot make up the deficit.Unsere 2️⃣3️⃣ für die beiden anstehenden Nations League-Spiele gegen Bosnien und Herzegowina und Ungarn.#dfbteam #gerbih #hunger pic.twitter.com/xyzIxJCjdL— DFB-Team (@DFB_Team) November 7, 2024 BUNDESLIGA ROUND 10FridayFri 22:30: (2.50) Union Berlin (3.20) Freiburg (3.20)SaturdaySat 17:30: (9.50) Bochum (6.25) Leverkusen (1.27)Sat 17:30: (3.50) Mainz (3.50) Dortmund (2.05)Sat 17:30: (10.5) St.Pauli (6.50) Bayern (1.25)Sat 17:30: (1.65) Werder (4.25) Holstein Kiel (4.90)Sat 20:30: (1.60) RB Leipzig (4.20) M’ gladbach (6.00)SundaySun 17:30: (2.15) Augsburg (3.60) Hoffenheim (3.50)Sun 19:30: (1.95) Stuttgart (3.80) Eintr.Frankfurt (4.00)Sun 21:30: (2.80) Heidenheim (3.30) Wolfsburg (2.55)***odds are subject to change***
