Philippe Coutinho continued his push for a starting place in the Brazil team by featuring for an hour in their 1-0 friendly win against Chile on Sunday afternoon.

The Liverpool No.10 was in action for his country at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, departing shortly before Roberto Firmino bagged the game's only goal.

This evening, winger Lazar Markovic was involved for 65 minutes of Serbia's 2-1 defeat by Portugal in Group I of qualifying for Euro 2016.

Goals in either half from Ricardo Carvalho and Fabio Coentrao overcame a response from Nemanja Matic to earn the hosts three points in Lisbon.

Mamadou Sakho was an unused substitute for France, who recovered from a reversal against Brazil on Thursday night to beat Denmark 2-0.