John Arne Riise played for Norway in their suprise 2-1 defeat at home to Scotland. Xabi Alonso and Luis Garcia played for Spain in their disappointing 1-1 home draw with Serbia & Montenegro.
It was better news for Sami Hyypia who played in Finland's 5-1 thrashing of Macedonia and Djibril Cisse who came on for the final 15 minutes of France's 1-0 defeat of the Republic of Ireland.
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan and the on loan Chris Kirkland were all unused subsitutes last night.
