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Several Arsenal players featured for their national teams on Friday. While you may not care about how they performed - after all, Arsenal don't get extra points for things that happen in World Cup qualifiers - you probably care about the health of all the players involved. So I'll cover that in addition to the actual performances. Spoiler alert: pretty much everything is fine.
Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott both started in a 4-0 win over Moldova. Reports were that Wilshere worked well with Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, but also took a little bit of a beating. Theo created a goal for Rickie Lambert by having a powerful shot saved. Other than that, not a lot to write home about. Wilshere was subbed off after 60 minutes. Neither was injured.
Mesut Özil and Per Mertesacker started and played the full 90 minutes in a 3-0 win against Austria. For more, read this thing I already wrote. Neither was injured.
Olivier Giroud started and played the full 90 after an injury scare, as did Bacary Sagna and Laurent Koscielny. It was a horrifying 0-0 draw against Georgia, by all accounts. None were injured.
Wales
Aaron Ramsey played the full match and scored the only Welsh goal in a 2-1 loss, drawing a penalty and converting it himself. He was not injured.
Czech Republic
Tomas Rosicky played the full match and scored the only Czech goal in a 2-1 loss to Macedonia, on a deflected long shot. He was not injured.
Poland
Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski were both on the bench for a 1-1 draw against Montenegro. Neither was injured.
Nacho Monreal spent the whole game on the bench, but Santi Cazorla came on for the last ten minutes of a 2-0 win over Finland. He didn't have time to have an effect on the game. Neither was injured.
Romania
Possible free agent striker target Ciprian Marica scored and assisted in a 3-0 win over Hungary. He came off after 80 minutes. As far as I can tell, he was not injured.