European heavyweights Italy and Germany had to settle for a goalless draw from their friendly at the San Siro in Milan.
The Azzurri, who romped to a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday, handed a start to veteran Inter forward Eder in a three-man attack while Germany gave a debut to Wolfsburg youngster Yannick Gerhardt.
Neither side, whose Euro 2016 quarter-final in Bordeaux was eventually settled after a lengthy penalty shoot-out, could make a breakthrough.
Bayer Leverkusen forward Kevin Volland saw a second-half effort disallowed for a marginal offside call, before with eight minutes left, Italy forward Andrea Belotti’s shot came back off the inside of the post.
There were also no goals between France and Ivory Coast at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.
Les Bleus included the likes of Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante and Dimitri Payet of West Ham in their line-up along with Borussia Dortmund prospect Ousmane Dembele.
However, Didier Deschamps’ side but could not find a way through against the Elephants, who are top of their CAF qualifying group following a goalless draw away to Morocco last weekend.
At Wembley, Spain recovered from two goals down late on to secure a 2-2 draw against England.
England, in Gareth Southgate’s final match as interim manager, took the lead through a penalty by Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana after nine minutes.
A bullet header from Leicester frontman Jamie Vardy just three minutes following the restart put the Three Lions in control.
However, Spain pulled a goal back through Celta Vigo forward Iago Aspas with a minute to go, and then snatched a draw when Real Madrid playmaker Isco slotted in an angled drive deep into stoppage time.
World Cup hosts Russia beat Romania 1-0 with a stoppage-time goal from Magomed Ozdoev in the first international game to be played in Chechnya.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Croatia defeated Northern Ireland 3-0 at Windsor Park in Belfast.
Both sides made several expected changes, with Niall McGinn captaining the home side on his 50th senior Northern Ireland appearance.
Croatia, missing the likes of Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Mateo Kovacic, took the lead in the ninth minute through a scrappy finish from stand-in skipper Mario Mandzukic.
Duje Cop doubled the visitors’ lead 10 minutes before the break with Andrej Kramaric adding a third after 67 minutes.
Iceland won 2-0 away in Malta with goals from Arnor Traustason and Sverrir Ingi Ingason.
Sweden ran out 2-0 winners over Hungary at Ferenc Puskas Stadion, where Sunderland midfielder Sebastian Larsson opened the scoring after 30 minutes and Isaac Kiese Thelin added another in the 67th minute.
Two of Ireland’s Group D rivals were also in friendly action this evening.
A goal from Evgen Shakhov in the first half and a late Andriy Yarmolenko penalty secured Ukraine a 2-0 win over Serbia in Kiev.
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It finished goalless between Austria and Slovakia at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna.
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The Czech Republic and Denmark drew 1-1 in Mlada Boleslav.
The hosts went ahead after eight minutes through Antonin Barak for his first senior goal before Nicolai Jorgensen equalised half-an-hour later.
