Who featured for their international sides? How did they do?
With a couple of our boys in action, let's have a look to see who was involved.
Wales 3 - 1 Iceland (Ashley Williams, Neil Taylor, Ben Davies)
Interestingly, Chris Coleman preferred Neil Taylor to Ben Davies - the latter only coming on in the 88th minute for Hal Robson-Kanu. Ashley Williams managed to score Iceland's only goal by deflecting the ball past Wayne Hennessey, but other than that the Welsh defence held firm. I feel bad for Jazz not getting an opportunity, but he's definitely in the picture and if he can force his way into the Swans' first team more often he's likely to see more international action. As for the game itself, Gareth Bale had a hand in all three goals (scoring & assisting one, while his shot led to the other), and the win will be a welcome boost to the Welsh team's confidence ahead of their impending European Cup qualification campaign.
Belgium 2 - 2 Ivory Coast (Wilfried Bony)
I love that we have an Ivory Coast international on our books. I probably won't enjoy it as much when the African Cup of Nations comes around, but for now it's still making me smile, and Wilfried Bony will have something to smile about if sketchy match reports are to believed. 2-0 down until the 74th minute when Drogba got a goal back, Bony came on for Yaya Toure in the 83rd minute and his header deep in injury time was originally saved, but caused a scramble which saw Max Gradel equalise.
Greece 0 - 2 South Korea (Ki Sung-Yueng - on loan at Sunderland)
A look at the stats would seem to suggest that while Greece had a good few opportunities the Koreans retained possession much like I'd expect any team that includes Ki Sung-Yueng to. He didn't get any goals or assists, but it's good to see him back playing for the national team after his little spat threatened to cast a cloud over his international career.
England U21 1 - 0 Wales U21 - (Lee Lucas, Scott Tancock)
As I'm looking at these games with a distinctly Swansea-centric pair of glasses on, I might as well mention that this game was decided by a strike from a player the Swans were linked with, and indeed made a bid for - Nathan Redmond. His solo effort proved the difference and it's a shame that Gwion Edwards (on the bench) didn't get a chance to feature, while Daniel Alfei wasn't even on the bench - on Twitter he said he was travelling so I assume he's fit. Pity. It seems (from match reports and statistics) that Wales were perhaps fortunate not to concede more, but considering the England team contained a raft of Premier League regulars that's no real surprise. Onwards and upwards for the lads, and they'll learn a lot by playing against players of that calibre.
Elsewhere, Michel Vorm didn't feature for Holland (though after being out through injury for a while that's possibly to be expected), while Roy Hodgson continues to ignore Leon Britton. The injustice of it. With internationals out of the way, the Swansea squad can now get to work preparing for the next league outing against West Brom, and Garry Monk & co will no doubt have plenty of ideas they'll be looking to implement during the extended "rest period".
Thankfully, it seems everyone who did feature in internationals seems to have come through unscathed, so now they can get back to their primary focus; making Swansea City mathematically safe from relegation. Every game from here on in is a cup final.
Thinking about it, we've done alright in finals of late...