England Under-21s Debut For Barnes
- Harvey Barnes makes first appearance for England Under-21s on Tuesday
- The Young Lions beat Scotland 2-0 to finish their U21 European Championship qualifying campaign unbeaten
- Kasper Schmeichel kept a clean sheet in Denmark’s 2-0 friendly win over Austria
- Wilfred Ndidi, George Thomas, Andy King and Rachid Ghezzal featured for their countries on a busy night of international fixtures
A break from his successful loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, attacking midfielder Barnes played 90 minutes in Edinburgh as the Young Lions completed their European Championship qualifying campaign unbeaten.
Meanwhile, Kasper Schmeichel helped Denmark to a 2-0 friendly win at home to Austria at the MCH Arena.
The Foxes goalkeeper kept his second clean sheet of the international break, following his shutout against Republic of Ireland on Saturday.
City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also played the full 90 minutes as Nigeria defeated Libya 3-2 to go top of Africa Cup of Nations Group E.
An Odion Ighalo brace and a strike from former Fox Ahmed Musa were enough to secure victory for the Super Eagles, who were without City’s Kelechi Iheanacho, in Tunisia.
George Thomas was introduced in the 75th minute and Andy King in the 87th minute to help Wales secure a 1-0 Nations League win away to the Republic of Ireland. Foxes goalkeeper Danny Ward was an unused substitute in Dublin.
Rachid Ghezzal, who has scored twice for City this term, played the first 45 minutes for Algeria in their 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations Group D defeat to Benin.
Youthful City stopper Daniel Iversen, meanwhile, helped Denmark Under-21s to a 3-0 victory over the Faroe Islands to secure qualification for the 2019 UEFA European Championships.
Finally, Foxes youngster Alex Pascanu was also on the winning side as his Romania Under-21s side thrashed Liechtenstein 4-0 to seal their passage to next summer’s tournament.