Jeremy Sarmiento is facing a lay-off after limping out of international action.

He left Ecuador’s friendly against Australia just before the half-hour mark.

The Ecuador FA have confirmed a fractured metatarsal in his left foot.

El Canal Del Futbol in Ecuador are reporting an expected absence of four to six weeks.

Sarmiento had looked lively in the first game under new coach Felix Sanchez.

His run and chipped cross allowed Felix Torres to head home and make the score 1-1.

But the Socceroos went on to enjoy a 3-1 win in Sydney.

Moises Caicedo and Pervis Estupinan both played but the latter was restricted in his trademark forward charges by the team set-up.

Kaoru Mitoma played the first 89 minutes as Japan draw 1-1 with Uruguay in Tokyo.

Alexis Mac Allister played the first half of Argentina's celebratory friendly versus Panama amid extraordinary scenes in Buenos Aires.