Andreas Christensen followed up his first start for Denmark last week with a second 90 minutes for his nation at Hampden Park, however this time the 19-year-old defender, currently on loan in Germeny, was on the wrong end of a 1-0 result. Scotland’s goal came early following a communication breakdown between Daniel Agger and Kasper Schmeichel which allowed Bournemouth’s Matt Ritchie to score. Christensen, who played in a back three, made a fine block to deny Ritchie a second goal late in the game.

Gary Cahill was an unused sub in England’s 2-1 loss to the Netherlands at Wembley but Marco van Ginkel came on for the final 10 minutes for a young Dutch side who also featured former Chelsea players Jeffrey Bruma and Patrick van Aanholt. Jamie Vardy’s first-half goal was cancelled out by a Vincent Janssen penalty and a goal from Luciano Narsingh before Van Ginkel’s introduction for his first cap since 2013.

In Chelsea TV’s live game, Thibaut Courtois (pictured) played the whole of Belgium’s friendly which had been switched to Portugal, where the home side won 2-1 with goals from Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo. Romelu Lukaku pulled one back in a first defeat since last summer for the side at no.1 in FIFA’s rankings. A minute’s silence was observed before the match for the victims of the recent attacks, as it was at other games.

There was a notable win for Asmir Begovic and Bosnia away to Euro 2016 qualifiers Switzerland. Our goalkeeper played just over an hour of the 2-0 win and there was also victory away for Serbia in Estonia. Branislav Ivanovic again captained the side and Nemanja Matic played 64 minutes with the only goal coming late on from Aleksandar Kolarov.

In Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Burkina Faso with Bertrand Traore on board stayed on course to make the 2017 finals with a 0-0 draw away to their closest rivals Uganda. The young Chelsea attacker played all but the final few minutes, however Nigeria will not qualify after losing 1-0 away to Egypt. John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses both started for the Super Eagles who were defeated when a Mohamed Salah corner was not dealt with. Ramadan Sobhi netted to put the Egyptians on the verge of making it though.

At Under-17 international level, England drew 1-1 with Ukraine in Burton with Chelsea Academy players Trevoh Chalobah, Mason Mount, Jamie Cumming, Dujon Sterling and Martell Taylor-Crossdale, who scored the goal, all featuring. England miss out on top spot but still qualify for the Euro 2017 finals.