Daniel Agger and Sami Hyypia both helped their teams keep clean sheets as Denmark beat Malta 3-0 while Finland beat Wales 2-0.
Javier Mascherano helped get Argentina's qualifying campaign back on track as he played the full 90 of their 4-0 win over Venezuala.
Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres played in Spain's 1-0 win over Turkey while Alvaro Arbeloa, Pepe Reina and Albert Riera were all unused subsitutes.
Yossi Benayoun played 77 minutes of Israel's 1-1 draw with Greece, his first action since picking up an injury in training a month ago.
In the Wembley friendly Steven Gerrard got the better of Martin Skrtel as England beat Slovakia 4-0. Gerrard only played the first half but got an assist to his name for former Red Emile Heskey's opener.