West Ham United team-mates Lars Jacobsen and Scott Parker came face to face as Denmark hosted England in an entertaining international friendly in Copenhagen on Wednesday evening.
Jacobsen was included from the start for the Danes, while Parker was introduced as a half-time substitute at the Parken Stadion as England recoreded their first victory over the Scandinavian country since the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals.
Parker secured bragging rights as England ran out 2-1 winners.
Denmark took an eighth-minute lead through Liverpool defender Daniel Agger's diving header, only for Aston Villa striker Darren Bent to tap England level two minutes later. Bent's club-mate Ashley Young then took advantage of fine work from Academy graduate Glen Johnson to put Fabio Capello's side in front on 68 minutes.
Right-back Jacobsen was heavily involved down the flank for the home side, linking well with former Charlton Athletic winger Dennis Rommedahl before being replaced on the hour-mar. Parker, meanwhile, was deployed in a defensive midfield role and worked hard to shield the back four.
The Hammer of the Year also sprang England on a number of dangerous counter-attacks and caught the eye with his calm head and excellent positioning.
Jacobsen was winning his 39th senior cap, while Parker won his fourth cap and first since the 2008 UEFA European Championship qualifying defeat in Croatia on 11 October 2006. Parker also joined the select band of players who have won England caps while representing four different clubs - Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Newcastle United and West Ham.
Robert Green and Carlton Cole, who were called-up as late injury replacements by Capello, were both unused substitutes in the Danish capital.
England were captained for the first time from the kick-off by another Academy graduate in Frank Lampard, while former Hammers schoolboy John Terry was also in the starting XI.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, Victor Obinna's Nigeria beat Sierra Leone 2-1 in an international friendly in Lagos, while Pablo Barrera played the opening 68 minutes as Mexico defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in the American city of Atlanta. Barrera could return to the United States in March, when Mexico take on Paraguay in Oakland and Venezuela in San Diego.
At age-group level, Academy midfielder Eoin Wearen was a second-half substitute for Republic of Ireland U19s in their 1-1 friendly draw in Croatia on Tuesday, while Marek Stech played the second half of Czech Republic U21s' impressive 1-0 friendly victory in Netherlands on Wednesday.