Mi Sports takes stock of the top 5 players in Serie A on this international match day: Inter Milan tops the list with 1,527 minutes

October 18 News For the head coaches of many wealthy teams, they will hope that their players will avoid injuries during international matches, especially those core players. "Gazzetta dello Sport" took stock of the international appearances of the top five Serie A players Inter Milan, Milan, Juventus, Naples and Roma on the latest international match day.

On this past international match day, a total of 57 players from the top five Serie A teams were called up. The players travel from Italy to compete all over the world, including in remote areas like the capital of Mauritius, Port Louis. Among them, Naples midfielder Anguissa played 15 minutes in the Mauritius game.

On this international match day, some players only played a small amount of time, while some participated in the entire game. Many players participated in the World Cup preliminaries, and some participated in friendly matches. Only a few players did not play, including Kupmenas, De Vrij, Gabbia, Derwent and Meret.

Milan suffered heavy losses during this international break. Rabiot and Pulisic were injured, and Salle Marcos and Estupinian also suffered minor injuries. Pulisic's MRI revealed a minor injury to his right biceps femoris, which is expected to take about ten days to recover.

Inter Milan and Milan are the two teams that contribute the most international players. Inter Milan players played a total of 1,527 minutes, and Milan players played a total of 1,364 minutes, followed by Roma (1,264 minutes), Juventus (1,254 minutes) and Naples (1,250 minutes). While those minutes may not seem like a huge difference, the accumulation of minutes throughout the season can have an impact on a team.

Thirteen players started two consecutive games for the national team and played the entire game. For Inter Milan, Di Marco, Dumfries and Akanji represented Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland respectively. For Juventus, Kostic, Vlahovic and Jonathan David played the entire game. For Naples, Di Lorenzo, Elmas and McTominay also played the entire game. Milan goalkeeper Maignan and U21 player Bartsagi each played 180 minutes. For Roma, Elnawi and Tsimikas also played the entire game.

Naples' Hoylen performed well in this national team match. He scored three goals in two games and played a total of 147 minutes. Other players such as Marianucci, Gilmour, Anguissa and Spinazzola also performed well. For Roma, Cone, Endika, Celik and Mancini only participated in one game each. Dov Bick and Evan Ferguson played 110 and 159 minutes respectively. The latter also scored a goal. Cristante only played 16 minutes. Polish international Ziolkovski played 97 minutes against New Zealand and Lithuania, and Pisili played 162 minutes with the U21 national team and scored two goals.

For Milan, Modric played 111 minutes, Jimenez played 96 minutes, Artekame played 88 minutes, Nkunku played 85 minutes and scored a goal, Rabiot played 70 minutes and scored a goal, Salle Marcos played 59 minutes, Pulisic played 47 minutes, Estupinian played 44 minutes, Leo played 29 minutes, and Loftus-Cheek played 21 minutes.

For Inter Milan, Varela played 168 minutes, Zelinski played 153 minutes and scored one goal, Calhanoglu played 140 minutes, Pio played 120 minutes, Lautaro played 119 minutes and scored two goals, Carlos Augusto played 95 minutes, Bastoni and Sucic each played 90 minutes, and Fratesi played 12 minutes.

For Juventus, Jeglova played 21 minutes, Conceição played 28 minutes, Oponda played 31 minutes, Adzic played 66 minutes, Locatelli played 86 minutes, Kefren Thuram played 105 minutes, Cambiasso played 113 minutes, Yildiz played 146 minutes and scored three goals, and McKennie played 139 minutes.