Blues midfielder Massimo Luongo won his first Australia cap since January 2019 as the Socceroos beat New Zealand 2-0 at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium.

Luongo, 31, who was winning his 44th full cap, started and was one of Australia’s top performers before being replaced in the 68th minute.

Town defender Cameron Burgess was an unused sub having won his second senior cap in Friday’s 1-0 defeat to England at Wembley.

Elsewhere, Dane Scarlett was in the England Elite League side which lost 2-1 to Portugal at Stadium MK. The on-loan Tottenham striker, who started and missed a penalty in the 2-0 defeat in Romania on Thursday, was subbed in the 66th minute.

Blues keeper Cieran Slicker won his 11th Scotland U21s cap as his side beat Malta 2-1 at Fir Park, Motherwell.

Meanwhile, Elkan Baggott was left out of the Indonesia squad as they won 6-0 in Brunei to confirm their place in 2026 World Cup qualification round two having won the two-legged first-round tie 12-0 on aggregate.

Manager manager Shin Tae-yong rang the changes with his team already 6-0 up from the first leg with Baggott and forward Dimas Drajad left out.

Indonesia go into a round two group alongside Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

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emergencylime added 21:45 - Oct 17 MOTM performance from Mass, always trying to make things happen and some great touches. Clearly loved being back in the team
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ArnieM added 22:00 - Oct 17 What competition was this game? Or was it a friendly ?
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ITFC_Singapore added 22:24 - Oct 17 It was The Ashes
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MK1 added 05:38 - Oct 18 Fantastic performance from Massimo. Showed his class.
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PhuketPete added 09:03 - Oct 18 It’s all wonderful BUT at this rate we risk losing Sam,Mass (and Cam B) for Jan/Feb. I just hope all these players, if selected, realise what is at stake for their club and make the right decision…….
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BadgerC23 added 10:53 - Oct 18 I agree, a big loss if they all are absent, but you can't seriously expect them not to go if selected.
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Ipswichbusiness added 13:51 - Oct 18 Yes, losing Morsy and Luongo in Jan or Feb will be difficult, but it is made harder by the injury to Lee Evans. We could end up looking very short in central midfield. I hope that KMc has a cunning plan!
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