Football Archives: 10/2016

Ainsley Maitland-Niles provided a brilliant assist for the England u20s on Monday against USA’s u20s.

The Netherlands will host the 2017 Euros and are preparing for the tournament by playing a few friendlies, which Arsenal Ladies players, Sari Van Veenendaal, Dominique Janssen and Danielle Van De Donk have been called up for.

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.

Nacho Monreal finally got his first call up since 2013 for Spain’s match against Albania on Sunday but getting there in time was easier said than done.

Doncaster Belles are pointless after 13 games and are nine points behind Reading and Sunderland with only three games to go after Arsenal Ladies thrashed them 5-0.

Nacho Monreal finally got the chance to prove himself during Spain’s 2-0 win over Albania on Sunday.

Joel Campbell won and scored an injury-time penalty to give Costa Rica a dramatic 4-3 win over Russia in a friendly that took place on Sunday.

Hector Bellerin is ‘ready’ to face Estonia on Monday night after shaking off the ankle problem that saw him substituted in their win over San Marino.

Mesut Ozil’s assist for Germany on Saturday set a new record

Alex Iwobi has scored his first international goal as he gave Nigeria the lead against Zambia.

Theo Walcott has looked like a different player this season when in an Arsenal shirt but he was unable to transfer that form into an impressive England performance, coming in as one of the lowest rated players from the side’s 2-0 win on Saturday.

Mesut Ozil grabbed another assist as he helped his country open the scoring against Czech Republic on Saturday evening.

England u17s are through to the FIFA u17 WWC following their 2-1 win against Brazil.

Kieran Gibbs has been drafted into the England squad by Gareth Southgate after Ryan Bertrand was forced off during the Three Lions 2-0 win over Malta.

Granit Xhaka missed out on his side’s latest international after picking up a two-yellow red suspension and parts of the Swiss media believe his absence was why the game ended up being a lot more difficult than it needed to be.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles played the full 90 minutes for England’s u20s as the defeated Germany 3-1.

Arsenal Ladies organised an open training session for members of the official supporters group ASC and the players’ sponsors on Saturday, 8 October.

Theo Walcott will start for England as they face Malta in Gareth Southgate’s first match in charge as interim manager.