A lengthy round of international friendlies included victories for Uruguay, Portugal and Denmark, while Russia needed a Roman Pavlyuchenko equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw against Qatar.
Goals from Aston Villa duo Darren Bent and Ashley Young were enough to give England their first win in three matches as they cancelled out Daniel Agger's early header to claim a 2-1 win over Denmark in Copenhagen.
Morten Olsen has stated that he may drop star-striker Nicklas Bendtner from the next Denmark squad should he continue to bench-warm for Arsenal, having played just 74 minutes of league football so far.
England and Denmark are set to square up at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on 9 February after both had friendlies fall through set to be played around that time.
Odense and Getafe both bade farewell to the UEFA Europa League after playing out a 1-1 draw in testing conditions in
Russia's Rubin Kazan kept alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 win over Denmark's Copenhagen on Wednesday.