Four Set For Caps in Final Games of International Break
Tuesday, 6th Oct 2026 10:21
Four Town players are set to add to their caps as the lengthy international break draws to a close.
Anis Mehmeti looks likely to take his Albanian caps tally to nine and will be aiming to add to his one international goal when his side host San Marino in a Nations League tie in Tirana (KO 7.45pm). Albania are currently second in their group.
Overnight, Exequiel Palacios will be the final Blues player in action when Argentina host Burkina Faso in a friendly in Buenos Aires (KO midnight, Amazon Prime).
Lionel Messi has joined the squad for the game with the 39-year-old eight-time Ballon d’Or winner set to play his 208th and final match for his country, looking to add to his 125 goals for La Albiceleste.
Sindre Walle Egeli’s Norway U21s have already secured top spot in their group and qualification for next summer’s European Championship finals in Serbia and Albania.
They face Israel in Stavanger in their final game this evening (KO 5.45pm) with the Blues attacker the top scorer in the qualification phase with eight goals from seven games so far.
The 20-year-old, who bagged a hat-trick in the 6-1 hammering of Bosnia & Herzegovina in their previous fixture last Tuesday, is also the all-time top scorer for Norway at underage levels. Walle Egeli has won 14 U21s caps, scoring 10 goals overall at that level, in addition to one game from the bench at senior level.
Young central defender Corbin Mthunzi will skipper Zimbabwe’s U23s as they travel to face Mauritius in the second leg of their CAF U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with the competition doubling up as the qualification process for the 2028 Olympics (KO 5pm).
The Young Warriors have a 2-0 lead from the first leg with Mali awaiting the winners in the next round.
Mthunzi, who has already won four caps at full level, will be playing his second game for the U23s.
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