Saturday, September 02, 2006

Saturday Action In Euro 2008 Qualifying

Here's a rundown of Saturday action in Euro 2008 qualifying:

At Chisinau, Moldova:

Greece began its defense of its Euro 2004 championship with a 1-0 win on the road against Moldova, with Nikolaos Lyberopoulos scoring the only goal in the 77th minute, Details here.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

Visiting Iceland took a convincing 3-0 victory over Northern Ireland. Details here.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Scotland delivered a 6-0 beatdown on the Faroe Islands. Details here.

At Manchester, England:

England, in their first competitive match under new head coach Steve McClaren, handed Andorra a frontier-style 5-0 fistbeating. Details here.

At Ta' Qali, Malta:

Bosnia-Herzegovina made themselves at home with a 5-2 road win over Malta. Details here.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Visiting France, in an impressive warmup for their Wednesday rematch against Italy, blanked Georgia, 3-0. Details here.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Manchester United forward Ole Gunnar Solskjaer helped Norway gun down Hungary 4-1 by scoring two goals. Details here.

At Minsk, Belarus:

Besnik Hasi scored a late equalizer to lift visiting Albania to a 2-2 draw with Belarus. Details here.

At Teplice, Czech Republic:

Striker David Lafata scored twice late to lift the Czech Republic to a 2-1 win over Wales. Details here.

At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Marek Mintal and Filip Sebo each scored twice in Slovakia's 6-1 pounding of Cyprus. Details here.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Nikola Zigic's goal in the 72nd minute was the only tally as host nation Serbia, playing its first competitive match since its separation from Montenegro, outlasted Azerbaijan 1-0. Details here.

At Bydgoszcz, Poland:

Veteran forward Jari Litmanen scored twice to lead Finland to a 3-1 road win over Poland. Details here.

At Naples, Italy:

Visiting Lithuania, in a big surprise, earned a 1-1 draw against World Cup champion Italy. Details here.

At Luxembourg City:

The Netherlands, on Joris Mathijsen first international goal in the 18th minute, squeezed out a 1-0 win over homestanding Luxembourg. Details here.

At Stuttgart, Germany:

Homestanding Germany, on a deflected Lukas Poldoski free kick in the second half, posted a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland. Details here.

At Constanta, Romania:

Martin Petrov scored two goals in three minutes during the final ten minutes to lift visiting Bulgaria to a 2-2 draw with Romania. Details here.

At Riga, Latvia:

Kim Kallstrom scored the only goal after 38 minutes in visiting Sweden's 1-0 triumph over Latvia. Details here.

At Tallinn, Estonia:

Roberto Colautti scored eight minutes into his international debut. It was the only goal in Israel's 1-0 road win against Estonia. Details here.

At Badajos, Spain:

Host nation Spain got its' EURO 2008 qualifying off to a flying start with a 4-0 win over visiting Liechtenstein as David Villa scored twice. Details here.


No comments: