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The Biggest Results Across The International Break (So Far)

With the International break well and truly underway, and still with over a week to go, there have been many eye-catching results both across Europe and beyond.

As a result, here is a round-up of some of the most impressive, shocking and best results so far during the break.

Turkiye 1-4 Italy

After falling to defeat at home to Belgium in their first mach of the break, Italy were under pressure to improve as they travelled away to face Turkiye, and rose to the challenge magnificantly, putting four past the home side in a comfortable victory.

💪🇮🇹 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ pic.twitter.com/yGQYZlFGKp

— 433 (@433) September 28, 2026

The Italians flew out the blocks in the opening stages of the match, and within 30 minutes had blown Turkiye away, scoring three times to take a 0-3 lead with goals from Alessandro Bastoni, Davide Frattesi and Michael Kayode, with the latter firing in his side's third goal on his full international debut to stun the home fans.

Forward Barış Alper Yılmaz managed to pull one back two minutes after the restart, but just three minutes later hope of a comeback were taken away as young striker Francesco Pio Esposito restored the three-goal advantage to secure an impressive win.

Germany 0-1 Greece

GREECE SHOCK GERMANY AND LEAD THEIR NATIONS LEAGUE GROUP 🤯🇬🇷

A draw and defeat in Jürgen Klopp's first two matches 😬 pic.twitter.com/3DKIb689ll

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 27, 2026

Jurgen Klopp's Germany were stunned at home as a second half strike from Dimitrios Kourbellis secured a shock victory for Greece on Sunday night.

The former Liverpool boss drew his first match in charge of his national team away in Amsterdam vs the Netherlands, and would have been hoping to secure his first victory as they faced Greece in Augsburg.

However, the Greeks proved tough opposition to break down, and despite the Germans having the clear majority of the possession, it took until the 25th minute for Germany to create a clear-cut chance in the contest, which was put over by Younes Ebnoutalib.

Germany continued to push for the opener as the clock ticked on, but it would be the away side that broke the deadlock on 74 minutes, with Arsenal's Christos Tzolis crossed into the box, which was deflected and fell to Kourbellis who made no mistake when presented with the chance to stun the home side.

Klopp's side failed to find a way back into the game, leaving Klopp without a win in his first two games as Germany manager.

England 2-3 Spain

The #ThreeLions are narrowly defeated by the world champions at @WembleyStadium. pic.twitter.com/7Zx4Dx48ih

— England (@England) September 26, 2026

Wembley was treated to a thriller as the World Champions edghed out England in an end-to-end five goal clash in London.

The Three Lions got off to the worst possible start, as Marc Guehi presented the ball straight to Lamine Yamal to finish past James Trafford inside the first two minutes of the match.

However, Thomas Tuchel's side recovered from that disasterous start to equalise thanks to an excellent counter-attack finished by Anthony Gordon, before things got even better when a deflected header from Harry Kane came off Marc Cucurella and past Unai Simon to give England the advantage.

Early on in the second half, England were awarded a penalty with the chance to make it 3-1 and put Spain at strong risk of losing for the first time since 2024, but Kane's strike smashed off the crossbar.

And England would go on to regret that missed opportunity, as Alex Baena came off the bench to equalise with a fine finish into the bottom corner, before fellow substitute Mikel Oyarzabal chipped the ball over Trafford to score the winner.

Kosovo 1-0 Ireland

Full time in Kosovo. pic.twitter.com/7728mTVMLz

— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) September 24, 2026

Ireland were stunned by Kosovo away from home as the home side dominated and eventually found a late deserved winner.

Ireland entered the clash after an run of just one loss in their last eight fixtures, which had included six victories including wins over Portugal and away versus Hungary, but saw themselves dominated by Kosovo on Thursday in Group 3 of the UEFA Nations League.

The home side were the dominant force throughout the match, totalling 22 shots on goal with an xG of 2.74, whilst Ireland only registered three shots on goal.

And eventually, Kosovo got their reward on 83 minutes as star striker Vedat Muriqi, who has six goals in six Turkish Super Lig games for Fenerbaçhe, found the net with seven minutes of normal time to go, which proved enough for Kosovo to earn a shock, and deserved victory.

Japan 3-1 Uruguay

🚨🚨| Uruguay have been defeated 𝟑-𝟏 by Japan in Diego Forlán's first game as head coach. 😬🇺🇾

[@TyCSports] pic.twitter.com/vnWZ2B7Rwy

— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) September 24, 2026

Following Marcelo Bielsa leaving as manager of Uruguay's national team following their shock exit at the group stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, former striker Diego Forlan took charge and managed his first match in a friendly over Japan, but fell to a 3-1 loss to the home side thanks to. an added time winner.

Southampton's Kuryu Matsuki got his side off to the best possible start, finding the net inside 12 minutes to put Japan a goal up, but Sporting CP's Maxi Araújo equalised for Uruguay minutes before the break.

But just when it looked like the match would end as a draw, Japan came up with a stoppage time winner in the 91st minute, before new Lille's new striker signing from Feyenoord Ayase Ueda sealed the deal in the sixth minute of added time to give Japan an impressive win and leave Forlan waiting for his first win as Uruguay coach.

Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana

Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana: Black stars are stunned amid controversial penalty pic.twitter.com/gPkhGjARvi

— Only Football (@dakinglamar007) September 24, 2026

As qualification for the next African Cup of Nations tournament begun, the most hihg-profile fixture occured between two of the continents main footballing powerhouses as Ivory Coast hosted Ghana, with the home side coming out on top with a 2-0 win.

Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Malick Yalcouyé continued his impressive start to the season with his club to his country on his debut for the Ivorian senior side, scoring the opening goal on 44 minutes, striking into the corner with a powerful shot from outside the box.

And in the second half, the lead would be doubled from the spot, as Yalcouyé was judged to have been fouled in the box, despite protests from the Ghanian players.

Former AC Milan and current Atalanta midfielder Frank Kessie stepped up and finsihed cooly to double the lead for Ivory Coast and take the game away from Ghana, giving Ivory Coast the perfect start to AFCON qualification with a crucial three points in the opening match.