DAMIEN Duff made a return to international football after a 10-month absence as Republic of Ireland were beaten 1-0 by Brazil in Dublin.

Duff, winning his 67th cap, played the full 90 minutes alongside Magpie team-mate Shay Given who was making his 85th appearance.

Michael Owen was an unused sub as Fabio Capello got his England reign off to a winning start at Wembley with a 2-1 win over Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland.

Emre started as Turkey were held to a goalles friendly draw with Sweden in Istanbul.

While James Troisi will have to wait for his first senior cap for Australia as he failed to make the final 18 for their 3-0 victory over Qatar in Melbourne.

Geremi
Mon 04.02.08: Cameroon 3 Tunisia 2 AET (Ghana) ACN QF- played full match and scored one.
Thu 07.02.08: Cameroon v Ghana (Ghana) ACN SF

Jose Enrique
Tue 05.02.08 Spain U21 2 France U21 0 (Benidorm) FR - started match

Charles N'Zogbia
Tue 05.02.08 Spain U21 2 France U21 0 (Benidorm) FR - started match

Ryan Donaldson
Tue 05.02.08: England U17 0 Portugal 0 (Portugal) FR - came on in 70th minute

Andy Carroll
Tue 05.02.08: England U19 2 Croatia 0 (Swindon) FR - came on at half-time

James Milner, Steven Taylor
Tue 05.02.08: England U21 3 Ireland 0 (Southampton) ECQ - both played full match with Milner on target twice

Emre
Wed 06.02.08: Turkey 0 Sweden 0 (Istanbul) FR - started match

James Troisi
Wed 06.02.08: Australia 3 Qatar 0 (Melbourne) WCQ - not involved

Michael Owen
Wed 06.02.08: England 2 Switzerland 1 (Wembley) FR - not involved

Shay Given, Damien Duff
Wed 06.02.08: Republic of Ireland 0 Brazil 1 (Dublin) FR - both played full match