Wales looked for a while like claiming a hard-fought goalless draw on a night when Denmark were by far the more menacing side, with Danny Ward making fine saves to deny Hojlund and Gustav Isaksen. But the Wales goalkeeper then gave away the decisive spot-kick when he handed possession to Isaksen with a loose pass in the penalty area before catching the Denmark midfielder as he dived in an attempt to recover. Former Manchester United striker Hojlund calmly converted from 12 yards, sending Ward the wrong way to leave Wales third in Group A4 - courtesy of their head-to-head record against Norway - with two games of what has so far proved a challenging campaign remaining. Wales go to Norway and host Portugal next month knowing they need at least one positive result to boost their Euro 2028 qualification hopes by avoiding a fourth-place finish in the group. There was no shortage of endeavour from Craig Bellamy's side at the Cardiff City Stadium, but they lacked the quality in possession to trouble Denmark and could have no complaints over the result. Denmark carried more threat throughout, with the early substitution of captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg - which came on the back of Mikkel Damsgaard's injury withdrawal - not knocking Brian Riemer's team out of their stride. Towering centre-back Oliver Provstgaard missed the best chance of the first half when he headed over at the far post as Wales creaked but made it to the break on level terms. Denmark ought to have gone ahead early in the second period when Andres Skov Olsen crossed and Hojlund shot too close to Ward when he seemed destined to score.

In an international that was labelled as behind closed doors as a sanction against Croatia supporters for previous bad behaviour, but which was attended by 6,000 schoolchildren and 100 visiting fans, rampant England ran riot to humiliate Slaven Bilic's side. England recovered from the opening defeat by Spain at Wembley with a deserved win against the Czech Republic in Prague – but moved on to a different level to destroy Croatia, 108 days after a 4-2 win against the same opposition at the World Cup in Dallas. Harry Kane put England ahead after eight minutes, ruthlessly punishing a mistake by Manchester City defender Josko Gvardiol by taking Jude Bellingham's pass in his stride to rifle a finish high past Croatia keeper Dominik Livakovic. Bellingham scored the second after 21 minutes, finishing from close range after Anthony Gordon did brilliantly to bring Bukayo Saka's cross under control at the far post. Gordon added the third himself, his fourth in four games, when he scored with a far post header from Jarell Quansah's perfect cross. As England pierced Croatia at will, Saka added the fourth on the stroke of half-time with another simple finish from Bellingham's delivery. England did not let up after the break, Kane scoring again eight minutes after the break, sliding in at the far post to turn in Elliot Anderson's cross. Croatia were not helping their own cause, more dreadful defending leaving Saka with a simple task to make it 6-0 and substitute Morgan Rogers getting in on the act to give the scoreline an even more emphatic look after rounding Livakovic. It completed a highly satisfactory night for Tuchel and England.

Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the sixth minute when, despite being surrounded by three defenders, he managed to curl a superb strike from the edge of the penalty area inside the far post. Former Manchester City midfielder Rodri, now at Barcelona, doubled Spain's advantage in the 35th minute, running at the away defence, linking up with Dani Olmo and firing the ball into the top corner from near the penalty spot. Jiri Slama pulled a goal back for the visitors in the 69th minute with a low shot past Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya. The Czechs ended the game with 10 men as Wolves defender Ladislav Krejci was sent off for two bookable offences, before Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino sealed the victory, converting a loose ball in the 89th minute. Spain extended their winning run to 10 matches, since a shock 0-0 draw with Cape Verde in the group phase of the World Cup. Luis de la Fuente's side have nine points from their three Nations League matches and stay top of Group A3, three points ahead of England, who thrashed Croatia 7-0 in the other match in the section earlier on Saturday. Spain play in Croatia on Tuesday and a victory would take them into the quarter-finals with two group games to spare. They have an away match in Prague against the Czech Republic on 12 November, before ending the group phase versus England on 15 November at Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium. Spain, who beat Argentina 1-0 to win the 2026 World Cup, won the Nations League in 2023 and lost in the final in 2021 and 2025. The Nations League quarter-finals take place in March, with the semi-finals and final in June.

It was Zinedine Zidane's first home game as France boss after winning two matches on the road in this international break. Olise opened the scoring at the Stade de France from outside the box with a shot that crashed in via the underside of the bar, after Rayan Cherki rolled a free-kick to him. Bayern Munich's Olise has been involved in 14 goals in 15 games for France this year. Italy levelled when Alessandro Bastoni stole the ball off Lucas da Cunha before beating the advanced Mike Maignan from the edge of the box. France had Dayot Upamecano sent off late on for a second booking. The Azzurri have won one, drawn one and lost one since Roberto Mancini's return as head coach. Elsewhere in Group A1, Belgium - now managed by Mark van Bommel - beat Turkey 3-0. Kevin de Bruyne netted twice with Romelu Lukaku scoring the other goal.

The 19-year-old talent, who is in the running for the Ballon d'Or, scored two and assisted another in Seville. Rodri, who started on the substitutes' bench, showed off the World Cup trophy before Spain went on to extended their unbeaten run to 40 matches. Having scored in the second minute in Saturday's 3-2 win over England at Wembley, in-form Yamal took just 70 seconds to open the scoring on Tuesday with a left-footed finish. Croatia, 2-1 winners over the Czech Republic in Prague on Saturday, levelled in the 28th minute through Dion Beljo's header following an Ivan Perisic cross. But Spain, playing on home soil for the first time since beating Argentina in the World Cup final, were back in front three minutes later when Marc Pubill fired home a header from a pin-point Yamal cross. Barcelona's Fermin Lopez hit the woodwork at the end of the first half before Yamal made it 3-1, beating Barcelona team-mate and Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic at his near post. Athletic Bilbao's Nico Williams scored the fourth with a crisp dribble and finish. Spain, who have six points from two games in Group A3 - three ahead of both England and Croatia - play Czech Republic next on Saturday (19:45 BST). Meanwhile, Croatia host England (17:00) on the same day.