14 Arsenal players were involved in the latest round of fixtures over the international break, with several getting themselves on the scoresheet and plenty more impressing.
You can read about how the players got on in their first round of fixtures here.
Gabriel Martinelli enjoyed an excellent albeit brief cameo for Brazil as he came on late in the second half to help them to a 1-0 win over Peru. The winger won the corner that led to Marquinhos’ 90th-minute winner.
Both Gabriel and Gabriel Jesus were also involved, with the centre-back playing 90 minutes and helping the Selecao to a clean sheet, while Jesus was a second-half substitute for the South Americans.
Martinelli 5 mins cameo against Peru pic.twitter.com/z2LYFKRHtg
— S👻 (@scrapytweets) September 13, 2023
There was also a strong outing for fellow winger Leandro Trossard, who scored an excellent goal for Belgium in their 5-0 win over Estonia before being taken off on the hour mark, where young goalkeeper Karl Hein was the unfortunate man between the posts for Estonia.
Beautiful goal scored by Trossard 🔥 pic.twitter.com/QnWw14jueK
— Arsenal Harmony ⚡ (@ArsenalHarmoni) September 12, 2023
The goalscoring didn’t stop there either, with Martin Odegaard getting in on the act for Norway. The 24-year-old scored the second goal as his side edged past Georgia to keep their slim qualification hopes for next summer’s tournament alive.
Martin Odegaard stats for Norway against Georgia yesterday:
– 90 minutes played
– 106 touches
– 65 passes
– 10 duels won
– 9 long balls (100% accuracy)
– 7 shots
– 6 recoveries
– 4 passes into final third
– 4 successful dribbles completed
– 4 tackles won
– 2 fouls won
– 1 goal pic.twitter.com/3daPuQxvLl— 29 (@afcstat) September 13, 2023
Takehiro Tomiyasu also came off the substitutes bench for Japan as they thrashed Turkey 4-2 days after thrashing Havertz’s Germany 4-1 in what has been an excellent international break for the Asian side.
Jakub Kiwior played 90 minutes but couldn’t stop his Poland side falling to a 2-0 defeat away to Albania, which throws their chances of qualifying for next summer into doubt. As it stands, they sit fourth in their group, two points behind second-placed Czech Republic having played a game more and four points behind Albania.
Another side whose EURO2024 qualification hopes were dealt a blow were Oleksandr Zinchenko’s Ukraine side, who suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Italy. Arsenal’s man played 75 minutes in central midfield before being taken off as they struggled to bounce back from two early Italy goals.
Three more Gunners were in action in England’s 3-1 win over Scotland at Hampden Park. Aaron Ramsdale was afforded a rare start, while Declan Rice played 90 minutes in central midfield. Bukayo Saka was a second-half substitute for Gareth Southgate’s side, but Eddie Nketiah was left waiting until at least next month for his international debut, and could yet declare for Ghana.
David Raya was also left on the bench for Spain as they eased to a 5-0 win over Cyprus.
