World Cup

Nacho Monreal netted his first international goal as Spain beat Macedonia 4-0 and he was clearly delighted with the whole thing.

With the international break in full swing, we take a look at the first-team players (including those out on-loan) who were called up to their respective countries in recent days.

Nacho Monreal scored his first ever goal for Spain on Saturday as they beat Macedonia 4-0.

Chris Coleman is set to start Aaron Ramsey for Wales against Serbia on Saturday.

David Ospina played a full match for Colombia against Chile as Manchester City’s goalkeeper managed to pick up a dead leg.

Granit Xhaka has been pictured with quite literally a massive weight on his shoulders.

Alex Iwobi is looking forward to wearing Nigeria’s new kit against Algeria at the weekend.

We’re now into the third international break of a season that isn’t even three months old, so who will be going where and for what?

Jack Wilshere has been called into the England squad after completing 90 minutes for Bournemouth a few times.

Reports emerged on Thursday that Mesut Ozil will not be called up for the next international break as Joachim Low endeavours to show that he is the anti-Chris Coleman.

FIFA have revealed the slot allocation for the next Women’s World Cup that will take place in France in 2019.

Arsene Wenger has reportedly met with Genort Rohr of Nigeria to discuss their use of Alex Iwobi in their game against Algeria on 12 November.

After Germany’s 2-0 win over Northern Ireland during their World Cup Qualifier, Shkodran Mustafi, who came on in the 69th minute, hailed their performance.

Real Madrid defender, Raphaël Varane, hailed Laurent Koscielny’s contribution to France’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands on Tuesday night.

Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Shkodran Mustafi and Mesut Ozil both got minutes for their respective countries on Tuesday evening, while Wojciech Szczesny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kieran Gibbs were unused substitutes.

Mesut Ozil has taken to Twitter to reassure worried Arsenal fans that he’s not injured after being substituted off at half time during German’s 2-0 World Cup Qualifier win against Northern Ireland.

It turns out that Laurent Koscielny was actually crucial for France’s one and only goal against the Netherlands on Monday night.

There were doubts over Hector Bellerin’s fitness after he picked up a knock against San Marino but he appears fit and well after he played a full 90 minutes for Spain’s u21s against Estonia.

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country’s 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

Not only did Alex Iwobi make his debut for Nigeria against Zambia on Sunday, he scored and took to Twitter afterwards to celebrate with his teammates.