Gylfi Sigurdsson, Ademola Lookman and Dominic Calvert-Lewin for all in the thick of the action for their countries as the international break kicked off in style for Everton.
The pick of Thursday’s bunch was the newly-recalled France duo of Lucas Digne and Kurt Zouma square off against Gylfi Sigurdsson’s Iceland in a friendly serving as a warm-up for Les Bleus’ Nations League tie with Germany next week.
France, of course, lifted the World Cup last summer after they beat Croatia in the final out in Russia but they were brought down to earth with a bump as Iceland raced to a 2-0 lead at the Stade de Guingamp.