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Bees star man scores as he achieves international qualification

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Bryan Mbeumo is one of many Brentford players who have been out on international in the past week with plenty of top performances.

With seven first team stars playing matches for their country this week, lets take a look how some of them have performed.

Bryan Mbeumo

The key man for the Bees so far this season, has also been performing well for his country.

Cameroon needed a win in order to secure a place at the Africa Cup of Nations which take place in January and February.

Up against Burundi the Lions came away with an easy 3-0 win.

Brentford’s talisman opened the scoring before Christopher Wooh and Vincent Aboubakar made it three.

Five time AFCON champions, Mbeumo and co will be hoping for a sixth title in the new year.

The negative side of this is for the Bees as they will be without the forward for up to a month during the tournament.

Kristoffer Ajer

Ajer started and played the full match as Norway completed a 2-1 win over Georgia as part of their EURO 2024 qualifier.

The Brentford man completed the game as a right back up against Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Georges Mikautadze.

They are two top talents and to keep them quiet is an achievement in itself.

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Goals from Erling Haaland, of course, and Martin Odegaard secured the win in group A.

As it stands wins over Spain and Scotland would secure themselves a place in the EURO 2024 Finals.

Aaron Hickey

Hickey played all but a few minutes at the end of the game as England secured a 3-1 win over their old rivals Scotland at Hampden.

Playing as a right wing back, he got up and down the pitch all game but up against a strong England side, the Scottish struggled.

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Steve Clarke’s side had been unbeaten in nine ‘competitive’ games, last losing to Ireland in the Nations League.

A positive performance on the night, none the less from Hickey.

With Saman Ghoddos, Ethan Pinnock and Yoane Wissa also performing well on the international stage, the Bees are on the map.