Red Internationals

There were a total of 12 Liverpool players on International duty recently. 

Alvaro Arbeloa made his debut for the Spanish national team when he came on as a second half sub.

Fernando Torres also played 49 minutes before being replaced by David Villa.

Xabi Alonso also came on as a second half substitute in Spain’s 1-0 win over Italy.

Nabil El Zhar also made his international debut by coming on in the second half and scored a curling ball past Belgium goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen in the 85th minute during Morocco’s 4-1 win over Belgium.

Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch both played in England’s 0-1 loss to France. Steven Gerrard played the whole first half before being replaced by Peter Crouch for the second half.

Yossi Benayoun scored a free kick in Israel’s 1-0 win over Chile in Tel Aviv.

Javier Mascherano played the whole match in Argentina’s 2-0 win over Egypt in Cairo.

Andriy Voronin made his long awaited return from injury by playing 77 minutes in Ukraine’s 2-0 win over Serbia.

John Arne Riise played the full match in Norway’s 3-1 loss to Montenegro.

Ryan Babel (pictured) came on for Rafael Van Der Vaart in the 70th minute during Holland’s 4-3 win over Austria.

Martin Skrtel played the full 90 minutes in Slovakia’s 1-2 loss to Iceland.