His name has appeared in this column since 2020. His situation was well known, but there were difficulties in him wearing the Cyprus national team jersey. After all, he had played for England’s U-20 national team and had hopes of playing for the “Three Lions.”

Fast forward to today. Marcus Edwards has finally said “yes” to the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and is playing for Cyprus. Right from the start, he showed his quality on the field, scoring twice during this international window and putting in outstanding performances. Since then, it seems he’s really gotten into his stride, as he found the back of the net in his first game after the international break. To be precise, he put the icing on the cake in Burnley’s big 4-0 road win over Watford. Hector Kyprianou started for the “Hornets.”

Watch the goal at 15:27.

In Bulgaria, Ioannis Pittas found the back of the net for the ninth time this season. This time, the CSKA Sofia star scored against CSKA 1948 in a big 3-2 away win.

Watch the goal at 2:12.

ENGLAND

Marcus Edwards (Burnley): He came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute and scored his team’s fourth goal in their 4-0 away win over Watford (7 appearances/1 goal/2 assists).

Hector Kyprianou (Watford): Started in the 4-0 home loss to Burnley (11 appearances).

Nick Tsaroulla (Notts County): Came on as a substitute at the start of the second half and provided an assist on his team’s only goal in a 2-1 home loss to Oxford United (9 appearances/4 assists).

Josh Robertson (Fleetwood): He remained on the bench during the 1-1 home draw against Walsall (6 appearances/1 assist).

Ruel Sotiriou (Chesterfield): Was not on the roster for the 2-2 away draw against Crawley (2 appearances).

ITALY

Grigoris Kastanos (Verona): Remained on the bench in the 3-2 away loss to Modena (6 appearances).

GREECE

Ioannis Kostis (Levadiakos): Started in the 2-0 away loss to Heraklis (6 appearances).

Christos Sielis (OFI): Due to injury, he was left out of the squad for the 3-0 away loss to AEK (4 appearances).

Giannis Satsias (Panaitolikos): Due to injury, he was left out of the squad for the 2-0 away loss to Kifisia (5 appearances/1 goal/1 assist).

Ioannis Kousoulos (Kifisia): He is injured and did not play in the 2-0 victory over Panetolikos (1 appearance).

Andreas Makris (Larissa): Started in the 1-0 away loss to Marko. He was substituted in the 74th minute (9 appearances/1 goal/4 assists).

Nikos Koutsoudakis (Ellas Syros): Remained on the bench during the 1-0 home loss to Niki Volos (3 appearances).

GERMANY

Antonio Foti (Ferl): He was not on the roster for the 2-2 away draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf (8 appearances/2 goals).

PORTUGAL

Stavros Gabriel (Nacional): Came on as a substitute in the 81st minute of the 3-2 away loss to Rio Ave (8 appearances).

Stelios Andreou (Estoril): Was left out of the squad for the 2-1 away loss to Académico de Viseu (1 appearance).

NETHERLANDS

Nikolas Panagiotou (Utrecht): Started in the 3-1 home win over Willem (4 appearances).

POLAND

Andreas Katsantonis (Piast): Came on as a substitute in the 81st minute in the 2-1 home win over Widzew Łódź (11 appearances).

Konstantinos Sotiriou (Korona Kielce): Remained on the bench in the 2-0 away loss to Pogon (5 appearances).

Herodotos Christodoulou (Slask Wroclaw): He was not on the roster for the 4-1 home loss to Lech Poznan (6 appearances).

SCOTLAND

Alex Gogic (St. Mirren): Started in the 5-0 away loss to Hearts (13 appearances/1 assist).

NORWAY

Nikolas Koutsakos (Start): Came on as a substitute in the 61st minute in the 4-2 home loss to Ham Kam (5 appearances).

ROMANIA

Marinos Tzionis (Arad): Started in the 2-0 away loss to Botosani. He was substituted in the 63rd minute (12 appearances/2 goals).

Neofytos Michael (Universitatea Cluj): Remained on the bench during the 3-1 away victory over Cluj in the city derby (6 appearances/1 clean sheet).

SERBIA

Loizos Loizou (Red Star): He was not on the roster for the 3-0 away win over Radnički 1923 (11 appearances/3 goals/1 assist).

BULGARIA

Ioannis Pittas (CSKA Sofia): He scored his team’s second goal in the 3-2 away win over CSKA 1948. He was substituted in the 70th minute (19 appearances/9 goals/4 assists).

Kyriakos Antoniou (Dunav Ruse): Started in the 3-2 away victory over Septemvri Sofia. He was substituted at the start of the second half (10 appearances).

BOSNIA

Rafael Mamas (Sarajevo): He is recovering from a serious injury and has not made an appearance so far.

ISRAEL

Pavlos Korea (Maccabi Petah Tikva): He was not on the roster for the 2-1 away loss to Hapoel Haifa (3 appearances).

GEORGIA

Paris Psaltis (Dinamo Tbilisi): He played in the first half of the 1-0 away loss to Dinamo Batumi (9 appearances/1 assist).

ARMENIA

Iasonas Pikis (Pyunik): Pyunik plays today (10/12) against VKMA Yerevan (12 appearances/6 goals/3 assists).

*photo source: Burnley FC