Black Country stars in international action

Albion's Gareth McAuley played the first half of Northern Ireland's 4-0 Euro 2012 qualifier win over the Faroe Islands at Windsor Park.

Pat McCourt bagged a brace while there was a first international goal for captain Aaron Hughes and one from Steven Davis.

The Republic of Ireland drew 0-0 with Croatia at the Aviva Stadium with a host of Black Country stars on show.

New Albion signing Shane Long started and went close to winning the game while their were also outings for Wolves' Stephen Ward, Stephen Hunt and Andy Keogh. Villa's Richard Dunne played 90 minutes.

Wolves' Wayne Hennessey played in Wales' 2-1 defeat to Australia at Cardiff City Stadium.

A late goal from Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani gave Italy a 2-1 win over world champions Spain in Bari.

Riccardo Montolivo gave Italy the lead after 11 minutes before the visitors lost both Fernando Torres and Gerard Pique to injury, with the former apparently suffering from concussion.

Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso levelled for Spain from the penalty spot after Giorgio Chiellini had fouled Torres' replacement Fernando Llorente.

The game seemed to be heading for a draw until Aquilani struck from 20 yards out with time running out.

Germany recorded a 3-2 win at home to Brazil with all five goals coming in the final half-hour in Stuttgart.

Playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger gave the hosts the lead with a 61st minute penalty following Lucio's foul on Toni Kroos before Mario Gotze made it 2-0 with a close range finish six minutes later.

Brazil's Dani Alves was then brought down in the box by Philip Lahm and Robinho reduced the deficit from the spot.

Andre Schurrle scored his third goal in his sixth international match to extend Germany's lead to two with in-demand youngster Neymar grabbing a last-minute consolation.

A strong France team were held to a 1-1 draw by Chile in Montpellier despite taking the lead through Loic Remy after 20 minutes. Chile equalised when Barcelona new-boy Alexis Sanchez crossed in for striker Nicolas Cordova to level with 13 minutes remaining.

Hannover striker Mohammed Abdellaoue scored a brace in Norway's impressive 3-0 victory of the Czech Republic.

A last-minute goal from Gothenburg forward Tobias Hysen gave Sweden a 1-0 win against Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine.

A strong Portugal secured a comfortable 5-0 win over Luxembourg with Besiktas striker Hugo Almeida grabbing a brace.