Round-upInternationals: Mohamed Salah scores, Cody Gakpo assists and more
In Egypt’s 2-0 victory over Mauritania in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, Salah doubled their advantage 11 minutes from the end in Cairo.
Finding space at the back post to meet a cross from the left-hand side, the forward tucked a finish past the goalkeeper to follow up an opener from Trezeguet.
In the UEFA Nations League, Dominik Szoboszlai’s Hungary drew 1-1 with a Netherlands team featuring Ryan Gravenberch, Gakpo and Virgil van Dijk in the starting XI.
A Roland Sallai goal put the home side ahead in Budapest – where Van Dijk was dismissed in the second half for two quickfire yellow cards – but Denzel Dumfries headed in Gakpo’s free-kick to equalise late on.
In Reykjavik, Lewis Koumas, who is currently on loan at Stoke City, was an unused substitute for Wales’ 2-2 Nations League draw with Iceland.
Overnight, Luis Diaz completed 78 minutes of Colombia’s 1-0 defeat by Bolivia in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying, while Alexis Mac Allister was an unused substitute for Argentina in their 1-1 draw against Venezuela.
Both Tyler Morton and Jarell Quansah were in the England U21s line-up for a 2-1 comeback win against their Ukraine counterparts in U21 European Championship qualifying.
In the same preliminaries, on-loan Calvin Ramsay was a late introduction from the bench for Scotland U21s as they were beaten 2-0 at home to Belgium.
Academy forward Keyrol Figueroa, meanwhile, started as USA U19s claimed a 4-1 friendly win over Sweden.
Trey Nyoni and Carter Pinnington were involved for England U18s in a 2-0 loss against Sweden in Marbella. Pinnington started the game and went on to play 69 minutes, while Nyoni was sent on from the bench just before the hour mark.