The eleventh match-day in the Bundesliga season is followed directly by the third international break of the 2017/2018 campaign. As a result, VfB head-coach Hannes Wolf will be without several of his players in daily training over the coming week. Benjamin Pavard, for example, has headed to the French national team quarters, as he prepares to make his ‚A‘ international debut. Emiliano Insua is set to make a return to the Argentina national team set-up. The winger made his last appearance for his country back in January 2011. For VfB’s Under 21 internationals, there are European Championship qualification points up for grabs.
Upon consultation with the respective national federations, Chadrac Akolo and Berkay Özcan, who are both carrying knocks, will not link up with their national teams.
Here we have put together a listing of the Cannstatt Boys who will be away with their national teams this week:
| Benjamin Pavard/Frankreich | 10. November Frankreich – Wales 2-0 (45/0) 14. November Deutschland – Frankreich 2-2 (26/0) |
| Emiliano Insua/Argentinien | 11. November Russland – Argentinien 0-1 (0/0) 14. November Nigeria – Argentinien 4-2 (10/0) |
| Takuma Asano/Japan | 10. November Japan – Brasilien 1-3 (45/0) 14. November Belgien – Japan 1-0 (68/0) |
| Ebenezer Ofori/Ghana | 12. November Ghana – Ägypten 1-1 (90/0) |
| Timo Baumgartl/Deutschland U21 | 9. November Aserbaidschan – Deutschland 0-7 (90/0) 14. November Israel – Deutschland 2-5 (90/1) |
| Josip Brekalo/Kroatien U21 | 8. November Kroatien – San Marino 5-0 (90/1) 13. November Griechenland – Kroatien 1-1 (90/1) |
| Anto Grgic/Schweiz U21 | 14. November Portugal – Schweiz 2-1 (90/0) |
| Stjepan Radeljic/Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 | 10. November Wales - Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-4 (90 /0) |