Ramos equals record, Ronaldo gets closer
Finland spoiled Marcus Thuram's party on Wednesday after beating France 2-0 on the day the Borussia Moenchengladbach attacker emulated his father Lilian Thuram by making his debut for Les Bleus.
Thuram was picked by Didier Deschamps for the friendly at the Stade de France over 22 years after his dad won the World Cup at the same ground, but despite a strong performance on the left wing could not stop the Finns from coming out on top.
Marcus Forss stunned the hosts when he collected the ball after a Moussa Sissoko mistake and rammed home at Steve Mandanda's near post.
France barely had any time to react before Onni Valakari doubled the away side's lead with a stunning effort after being left to stroll towards goal.
Ronaldo continues goal quest
Cristiano Ronaldo continued his quest to snatch the all-time record for most international goals when he struck his 102nd Portugal goal in their in a 7-0 win over Andorra.
Former Iran striker Ali Daei holds the record on 109 goals.
France's opponents on Saturday in what could be a Nations League A, Group 3 decider strolled past their weak opponents in Lisbon despite not starting a single player from the team that beat Sweden 3-0 last month.
Italy extend unbeaten run, Ramos equals record
Italy extended their unbeaten streak to 20 games after a second-string line-up comfortably beat Estonia 4-0.
Vincenzo Grifo scored his first senior international goal and Federico Bernardeschi put the hosts two goals ahead 13 minutes later.
Grifo stepped up and scored his second from the penalty spot when Roberto Gagliardini was tripped with 15 minutes remaining and Riccardo Orsolini added a fourth also from the spot four minutes from the end to complete the rout.
Meanwhile, Frank de Boer's wait for a first win as Netherlands coach goes on after his team drew 1-1 with Spain in a friendly in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
De Boer has now gone four matches without a victory since being appointed in September to succeed Ronald Koeman, who left to take over at Barcelona.
Sergio Ramos came on in the second half to earn his 176th cap, equalling Gianluigi Buffon's record for international appearances by a European player.
Vida plays with Covid-19
Croatia defender Domagoj Vida played the opening half of their 3-3 draw with Turkey on Wednesday before the team received the information that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the country's football association confirmed in a statement.
All Croatia players, including Besiktas centre-back Vida, had returned negative tests on Monday and underwent another routine test on Wednesday morning ahead of the Turkey game.
The experienced Vida started the game as Croatia's captain, giving away a penalty in a combative first half.
Turkey's team management were initially informed of a potentially positive result shortly before the second half of the clash, by which time manager Zlatko Dalic had already brought on Filip Uremovic in place of Vida.
Vida, 31, was immediately isolated from the squad before a retest confirmed his positive result. Croatia said he will spend the next few days in self-isolation in Istanbul, home of his club Besiktas, while the team travel to Stockholm.
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