International

Internationals: Martinelli gets first Brazil goal

Gabriel Martinelli celebrates his first goal for Brazil

Gabriel Martinelli is officially off the mark for the Brazilian national side, scoring a fantastic debut goal for his country on Thursday evening.

Gabriel Magalhães came off in the 82nd minute of the 2-1 defeat to Colombia, which leaves Brazil fifth in FIFA World Cup 26 qualifying, while Gabriel Jesus wasn't in the squad.

David Raya got his competitive debut for Spain against Cyprus, winning 3-1 away from home to make it six wins out of seven in Group A of the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers.

For Italy, Jorginho played 62 minutes of their 5-2 win at home to North Macedonia but missed a first-half penalty. The result makes for a fascinating Monday night ahead as Italy and Ukraine, Jorginho and Oleksandr Zinchenko, go head-to-head with the nations currently level on points.

On Friday night, Jakub Kiwior played 90 minutes as Poland drew 1-1 at home to Czech Republic. The result means Poland can still qualify for Euro 2024, but they need to at least draw their final group game against Latvia and hope that Czechia fail to beat to Moldova on Monday night.

Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice came on in the 46th and 61st minutes respectively of England's 2-0 win at home to Malta. The Three Lions look comfortable at the top of Group C with 19 points from seven games.

Mohamed Elneny played 90 minutes for Egypt in their World Cup qualification match against Djibouti, which Egypt won 6-0 thanks to four goals from Mohamed Salah. 

Leandro Trossard came off the bench after the hour mark in Belgium's 1-0 friendly win at home to Serbia on Wednesday.

Karl Hein was in goal for Estonia's 2-0 defeat at home to Austria. Estonia had already been eliminated from the Euros qualifiers.

Takehiro Tomiyasu was not involved in Japan's 5-0 win against Myanmar, and Alex Runarsson was an unused substitute as Iceland lost 4-2 away to Slovakia.

Where and when our internationals are playing

All times BST

Saturday, November 18

Germany (Havertz) v Turkey

Friendly | Berlin | 7.45pm

France (Saliba) v Gibraltar

Euro 2024 qualifier | Nice | 7.45pm

Sunday, November 19

Sierra Leone v Egypt (Elneny)

World Cup 26 qualifier | Monrovia | 4pm

Sweden v Estonia (Hein)

Euro 2024 qualifier | Stockholm | 5pm

Spain (Raya) v Georgia

Euro 2024 qualifier | Valladolid | 7.45pm

Belgium (Trossard) v Azerbaijan

Euro 2024 qualifier | Brussels | 7.45pm

Portugal v Iceland (Runarsson)

Euro 2024 qualifier | Lisbon | 7.45pm

Monday, November 20

North Macedonia v England (Ramsdale, Rice, Saka)

Euro 2024 qualifier | Skopje | 7.45pm

Ukraine (Zinchenko) v Italy (Jorginho TBC)

Euro 2024 qualifier | Leverkusen | 7.45pm

Tuesday, November 21

Syria v Japan (Tomiyasu)

World Cup 26 qualifier | Jeddah | 2.45pm

Poland (Kiwior) v Latvia

Friendly | Warsaw | 7.45pm

Austria v Germany (Havertz)

Friendly | Vienna | 7.45pm

Greece v France (Saliba)

Euro 2024 qualifier | Athens | 7.45pm

Wednesday, November 22

Brazil (Gabriel, Martinelli, Jesus) v Argentina

World Cup 26 qualifier | Rio de Janeiro | 12.30am