Ryan Nelsen scored twice in New Zealand’s friendly draw against Thailand A - despite having never scored for Blackburn Rovers.

Morten Gamst Pedersen scored an injury-time winner in Norway’s 3-2 friendly triumph in Finland last night.

Aaron Mokoena captained South Africa as they lost 2-0 to Portugal in a friendly in Switzerland, while Matt Derbyshire and Alan Judge appeared for England and Republic of Ireland under 21s respectively.

Aaron Doran scored a penalty for the Republic of Ireland’s under 19s side, which also included Gavin Gunning and Gearoid Morrisey.