Endo, meanwhile, skippered Japan to a 2-0 home victory over Bahrain that confirmed the Samurai Blue as the first nation to qualify for next year’s World Cup.
Elsewhere in the Nations League, Kostas Tsimikas and Andy Robertson met as Greece hosted Scotland in a League A/B play-off first leg. Robertson came out on top as he captained the visitors to a 1-0 win in Piraeus.
Caoimhin Kelleher was part of the Republic of Ireland side that won 2-1 away to Bulgaria in the first leg of their League B/C play-off, but it was a disappointing evening for Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Konate was substituted at half-time of France’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the first leg of their League A quarter-final, while Szoboszlai’s Hungary were defeated 3-1 by Turkiye in leg one of their League A/B play-off.
Finally, Academy forward Josh Sonni-Lambie came off the bench in the second half of England U18s’ 2-2 friendly draw with Czechia.