There were plenty of goals and a few surprises for FIFA’s last-ever international break in August. While the USA’s 4-3 comeback win away to Bosnia and Herzegovina produced the most goals,Germany’s 3-3 come-from-behind draw with Paraguay and Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired 4-2 win at home to Norway came close.
Elsewhere, England earned a 3-2win at home to neighboring Scotland in yet another come-from-behind win, Mexico thumped Ivory Coast 4-1 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and Argentina eased its way to a 2-1 victory over Italy infront of Pope Francis.
Spain beat Ecuador 2-0 in a game dedicated to the recently deceased Christian “Chucho” Benitez, and CristianoRonaldo scored a late equalizer as Portugal drew 1-1 with the Netherlands. Confederations Cup champion Brazil looked poor in a 1-0 loss away to Switzerland, and finally, Belgium and Franceshared a 0-0 draw in Brussels in a somewhat open game.