AC Milan prepared for the international break as several players received national-team call-ups. National-team commitments will bring Serie A to a halt for around 12 days.
Milan enter the break after Genoa win
AC Milan beat Genoa 2-1 away on Sunday. Gila was not included in Spain’s squad and remains on the radar of Spain’s coaching staff.
De Winter chose not to answer Belgium’s call-up after being unhappy about playing zero minutes in the last round of Nations League matches, and preferred to stay at Milanello to work under Amorim. Pavlovic is in Serbia’s squad but is expected to be excused after spending a week sidelined with colic.
USA and France selections
Pochettino called up only Pulisic for the USA’s upcoming fixtures, leaving Musah out of the squad. Diawara received his first call-up to the France Under-21 team.
Cisse receives senior Italy call-up
Cisse earned a first senior national-team call-up under Roberto Mancini for the decisive Nations League matches against Belgium and France.
The AC Milan player said: “I was on my way to do the pre-match interview against Ferencváros in the Europa League and they stopped me to say, ‘Alpha, they’ve called you up to the national team… the senior team!’ I had the match, I only realised afterwards.”
Cisse said: “I want to prove I can compete. The call was in the air, they’d been talking to me about it for days… but this is my big chance. I haven’t had the chance to stop and think about my career. Football moves fast.”
Cisse is currently Milan’s top scorer with eight goals, the most recent of which came in the 2-1 win over Genoa. At the start of 2026, he was playing in the second division with Catanzaro on loan from Hellas Verona. Milan bought Cisse from Catanzaro but left him with his loan club before a serious injury required surgery and ruled him out for the rest of the season.
He also said: “My name is Cisse, without an accent. My name can be read any way, but it’s pronounced ‘Sisse’. I even had to send a voice message to the commentators!”
Youth-team call-ups
Bartesaghi and Camarda were called up by Baldini to the Under-21 team and will face Diawara in a friendly. Comotto was called up to the Under-20 team.
