Big Night For City's International Contingent
- Eleven Leicester City players represented their countries across the globe on Friday
- Algeria duo Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani came up against three Foxes colleagues in Constantine
- Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire played alongside one another for England at Wembley Stadium
- Andy King, Demarai Gray, Alex Pascanu and George Thomas were also in action
In total, 11 Foxes were involved, including Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani, who faced Nigeria trio Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa.
Elsewhere, Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire lined up together for England against Germany while Andy King, Demarai Gray, Alex Pascanu and George Thomas also saw action.
One of several standout fixtures involved Algeria welcoming Nigeria, pitting Mahrez and Slimani against three of their Foxes colleagues at Stade Chahid Hamlaou in Constantine.
The City quintet all enjoyed varying degrees of playing time during a 1-1 draw, a result which came as John Ugo's opener was cancelled out by a late penalty from Yacine Brahimi.
Iheanacho and Ndidi were handed 90-minute run-outs while Musa came off the bench for the Super Eagles to replace Alex Iwobi with nine minutes to go.
Mahrez’s 31st Algeria cap, on the other hand, consisted of a 64-minute outing and Slimani was left on the field until the final whistle by Desert Foxes boss Lucas Alcaraz.
Elsewhere, Vardy and Maguire both started for England during a 0-0 friendly stalemate with world champions Germany at Wembley.
A youthful Three Lions side were a match for Joachim Löw’s visitors for long periods with both of City’s representatives emerging with their international reputations enhanced.
While Vardy was replaced by Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard with four minutes remaining, Maguire’s second cap under Gareth Southgate lasted 90 minutes.
Next up, England entertain Brazil on Tuesday night (8pm kick-off).
Over 200 miles away, at Stade de France in Paris, King collected his 44th cap for Wales as Chris Coleman’s side fell to a 2-0 friendly reverse to France.
It took Antoine Griezmann just 18 minutes to open the scoring for the hosts before Olivier Giroud doubled their lead, once King had left the pitch, midway through the second half.
Earlier in the day, Gray played until the end as England’s Under-21s sealed a 2-0 success over Ukraine in their latest UEFA EURO U21 qualifier in Kiev.
2-0 Win.
— D R G (@22Demarai) November 10, 2017
Great shift away in Ukraine. Still improvements to be made but we done well too get the 3 points! @England 21s 🔥
Dominic Solanke’s early strike and an own goal by Pavlo Lukyanchuk ensured that Aidy Boothroyd’s young Lions, without the injured Ben Chilwell, remain in control of Group 4.
Elsewhere, the Club’s 2016/17 Academy Player of the Season, Pascanu, also played the full 90 minutes during Romania Under-21s’ 1-1 draw with Portugal in Ovidiu.
Thomas, too, represented Wales’ Under-21s in Bangor during a 4-0 defeat by Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On Wednesday, meanwhile, Admiral Muskwe made his senior Zimbabwe debut as an 81st minute substitute during a slender 1-0 defeat to Lesotho.
On Saturday, Muskwe could feature again against Namibia while Kasper Schmeichel's Denmark entertain the Republic of Ireland for a World Cup qualifier at Telia Parken.
Check back to LCFC.com throughout the coming week for regular reports on how the Foxes contingent fare for their nations.