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Lukáš Horníček Screen Newcastle United St James' Park
Saturday night saw Lukáš Horníček experience defeat with his country for the first time.
The Czech Republic taking on Croatia in the Nations League.
Modric scoring two minutes after half-time to give Croatia the lead.
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Only for Karabec to equalise seven minutes later.
Pasalic getting the winner for Croatia in the 77th minute.
Lukáš Horníček was actually one of the Czech Republic's top performers.
Croatia dominating the game and the Newcastle United star keeping the Czech Republic in the game.
Elsewhere, Lewis Hall was an unused sub at Wembley as England lost 3-2 at Wembley to Spain .
After the match Thomas Tuchel explained he hadn't used the United left-back because he didn't want to risk him, due to missing training sessions the past week due to an injury scare.
This is the September and October 2026 international schedule for Newcastle United players:
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Thursday 24 September
Ivory Coast
2 Ghana
0
Bazoumana Toure coming off the bench in the 86th minute with the score already 2-0 in this AFCON group qualifier.
DR Congo 2 Equatorial Guinea 0
Yoane Wissa scoring in the 72nd minute to ensure the win in this AFCON group qualifier.
Friday 25 September
Italy
0 Belgium
2
Matias Fernandez-Pardo coming off the bench on 83 minutes in this Nations League match to help see out the win.
England U21s 4 Kazakhstan U21s 2
Lewis Miley and unused sub as the young England side win this European Championship Qualifier.
Iceland U21s 1 France U21s 1
Aladji Bamba an unused sub but Ewen Jaouen played the full game as France took an early lead but conceded in the second half, so a draw in this European Championship Qualifier.
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Netherlands U21s 0 Norway U21s 0
Sean Steur making his first ever Under 21s appearance as an 83rd minute sub in this goalless European Championship Qualifier.
Saturday 26 SeptemberEngland 2 Spain 3
Lewis Hall an unused sub as England lose this Nations League five goal thriller.
Czech Republic 1 Croatia 2
Defeat for Lukas Hornicek and his international teammates in this Nations League clash. The Newcastle United keeper conceding in the 47th and 77th minutes, either side of a 54th minute equaliser for the Czech Republic.
Monday 28 September
Zimbabwe v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) AFCONQ
Belgium v France (Matias Fernandez-Pardo) Nations League
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Tuesday 29 September
Ivory Coast v Somalia (Bazoumana Toure) AFCONQCzech Republic v England (Lewis Hall, Lukas Hornicek) Nations League
Estonia U21s v France U21s (Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen) European Championship Qualifier
Thursday 1 October
Germany
v Serbia ( Malick Thiaw
(and Nick Woltemade
)) Nations League
Friday 2 October
DR Congo v Uganda (Yoane Wissa) Friendly
Belgium v Turkey ( Matias Fernandez-Pardo
) Nations League
England U21s v Slovakia U21s (Lewis Miley) European Championship Qualifier
Slovenia U21s v Netherlands U21s (Sean Steur) European Championship Qualifier
Saturday 3 October
Ivory Coast v Cameroon (Bazoumana Toure) Friendly
Croatia v England (Lewis Hall) Nations League
Spain v Czech Republic (Lukas Hornicek) Nations League
France U21s v Luxembourg U21s (Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen) European Championship Qualifier
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Sunday 4 OctoberGreece v Germany (Malick Thiaw (and Nick Woltemade)) Nations League
Monday 5 October
Uganda v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) Friendly
France v Belgium (Matias Fernandez-Pardo) Nations League
Tuesday 6 October
England v Czech Republic (Lewis Hall, Lukas Hornicek) Nations League
Republic of Ireland U21s v England U21s (Lewis Miley) European Championship Qualifier
France U21s v Switzerland U21s (Aladji Bamba, Ewen Jaouen) European Championship Qualifier
Netherlands U21s v Bosnia and Herzegovina U21s ( Sean Steur
) European Championship Qualifier
