Tottenham’s internationals have had mixed results so far in the season’s first international break: Sweden beat Romania 2-1, while Rodrigo Bentancur’s Uruguay lost 3-1 to Japan. The Netherlands drew 1-1 with Germany, and Italy fell 2-0 to Belgium.
Croatia beat Czechia 2-1, Slovakia defeated Moldova 2-0, Portugal beat Wales 1-0 and Scotland drew 0-0 with Slovenia. Lucas Bergvall, Micky van de Ven, Jan Paul van Hecke, Ben Davies and Andy Robertson each played the full 90 minutes for their countries; Spurs goalkeepers Antonin Kinsky and Martin Dubravka were unused substitutes. Omar Marmoush came on before half-time in Egypt’s 0-0 AFCON qualifying draw with Angola.
FIFA combined the traditional September and October international windows into a single three-week period. Pedro Porro’s hamstring injury prevented a Spain call-up; Mohammed Kudus opted to stay with Tottenham to focus on fitness and conditioning, while Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie were dropped from England’s and Italy’s squads, respectively.
