Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu has made his international debut.

The central midfielder played for Catalonia as they defeated Venezuela overnight.

He helped the team to a 2-1 win, in an eleven that included Gerard Pique, Bojan Krkic and Javi Puado.

Another who wanted to play was Xavi. However, he was not granted permission by his club - Al Sadd.

A few La Liga stars were unable to play, as their teams are involved in key matches in the coming weeks.

However, some suspect a few clubs refused to release players as a political stance, due to the tense situation involving Catalonia's possible independence from Spain.