Declan Rice, who opened the Three Lions’ Nations League campaign with a goal and an assist, was a major factor in England’s 2-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

After arriving back at the Aviva Stadium, the former Republic midfield player scored his fourth goal for England 11 minutes in when he fired a shot into the top corner. Fifteen minutes later, he connected with Bukayo Saka to set up Jack Grealish, ensuring that their opponents would lose the match.Declan put on an amazing show in the game at Aviva Stadium, recording 106 touches, finishing all of his takeaways, recording a 95% pass completion percentage, and creating three opportunities. After the game, he commented, “Today I feel like I took a real step.” I felt like I was my old self again—bubbly, agile, capable of running the entire field—and stronger.”I think I made progress, which will undoubtedly benefit me at Arsenal,” I knew I needed to put on a big show since I felt great.He and Bukayo played the entire match, and they now have Tuesday’s match at Wembley versus Finland to look forward to.Kai Havertz continued his excellent goal-scoring form into the international break by adding a goal of his own. His team’s 5-0 victory over Hungary was sealed with a penalty he scored in the 81st minute. It was his third goal in the previous six international games, bringing his total to 19 goals in 52 appearances.On Friday night, two Gunners faced off as Riccardo Calafiori’s Italy defeated France 3-1 in Paris. He and William Saliba both started the match, but the Azzurri scored twice before Riccardo was substituted in the 71st minute due to an ιnjury. Le Bleus had taken the lead in the first minute.Giacomo Raspadori scored the third goal for the visitors to complete the victory, although William stayed on the pitch the entire time. Riccardo, though, has been left off of Italy’s roster for their Monday match against Israel due to his issue.David Raya finished his international vacation with two caps and four points as Spain defeated Switzerland 4-1 in Geneva, recovering from their goalless draw with Serbia. Before Robin Le Normand was sent off, La Roja led 2-0. However, Zeki Ambouni defeated David in the 41st minute, and Fabian Ruiz and Ferran Torres’ goals put the European champions ahead once again.Over in Brazil, Gabriel assisted in the 1-0 victory over Ecuador to enable Brazil’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign take off. The game was settled by Rodrygo’s goal, although our defence saved his clean sheet in stoppage time by blocking a Moises Casciedo shot on the line in the first half.In an attempt to go to the finals, the Selecao, in which he made his eighth appearance, moved up to fourth place in the rankings with the three points.It was a historic occasion for Jurrien Timber’s family to be back in Nations League action as he made his first appearance for the Netherlands since March 2023. His twin brother Quintin also made an appearance late in their 5-2 victory over Bosnia & Herzegovina.Martin Odegaard played 90 minutes of Norway’s goalless draw against Kazakhstan, but despite the frustrating result our midfielder still impressed, completing 63 of his 71 passes and creating four chances, but his side failed to take one and ended up with a point.Oleksandr Zinchenko was a late introduction off the bench but couldn’t prevent Ukrаine falling to a 2-1 defeat against Albania, while Jakub Kiwior was an unused sub in Poland’s 1-0 loss away in Croatia.