Inter head into the November international break with 14 senior players away on duty, the most of any Serie A club. The break officially runs from Monday, November 9 to Sunday, November 22. Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Nicolo Barella and Pio Esposito are among the call-ups, which gives a clear sense of how much of the squad is being pulled into national-team duty.
Inter's lead over the rest of Serie A
Atalanta, Como and Roma sit next on 12 senior internationals apiece, so Inter's lead is not huge, but it is still enough to put them alone at the top of the list. Udinese are on 11, while Juventus and Torino have 10 apiece. The spread is wide enough to show that Serie A's international pull is not limited to one club, but Inter still set the pace.
What the break interrupts for Inter
The international window arrives while Inter are second in Serie A with 28 points from 11 matches and have won four of their last five league games. They are also 15th in the Champions League group phase after four matches, so the break lands in the middle of a demanding run rather than at a quiet point in the calendar. That does not prove anything by itself, but it does explain why the squad list matters more than usual.
When club football resumes after November 22, Inter will be back trying to keep that domestic form going with a group of internationals having spent the fortnight elsewhere.
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