Brentford FC
·19 November 2024
Brentford FC
·19 November 2024
Fellow Bee Mikkel Damsgaard also started the game, while Christian Nørgaard was introduced from the bench early in the second half.
Roles were reversed on Friday evening in a 2-1 home defeat against Spain, with captain Nørgaard starting – becoming the club’s most capped international ever in the process – and Damsgaard being utilised as a second-half substitute.
Nathan Collins captained Republic of Ireland in two Nations League fixtures over the international window. Ireland defeated Finland 1-0 before falling to a 5-0 loss against England at Wembley Stadium.
Yehor Yarmoliuk, who was called up to the senior Ukraine squad for the first time during this international window, was an unused substitute in their 1-1 draw at Georgia on Saturday.
Yarmoliuk will hoping to make his senior bow against Albania on Tuesday evening.
Hákon Valdimarsson kept a clean sheet in Iceland’s 2-0 away win at Montenegro, while goalkeeping colleague Mark Flekken didn’t feature for Netherlands in a 4-0 win against Hungary.
Iceland and Netherlands will conclude their Nations League campaigns with away games against Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively.
Another Brentford keeper, Marley Tavaziva, was an unused substitute in Zimbabwe's 1-1 draw against Kenya in Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
Jayden Meghoma started as England Under-19s secured their place in the elite round of Euro 2025 qualifying following a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Bulgaria.
The Bees youngster also featured in a 1-0 win over Lithuania for the young Lions last Wednesday.
Yunus Emre Konak played the duration of a 1-0 friendly defeat for Turkey U21s against Bulgaria on Friday.
Finally, Matt Cox was an unused substitute in both fixtures as England U21s drew 0-0 at Spain before being held to a 1-1 stalemate by the Netherlands.