Saturday Action In Euro 2008 Qualifying

Time now, ladies and gentlemen, for a rundown of Saturday's action in qualifications for the 2008 European Championships:


GROUP A:

At Belgrade:

Nikola Zigic scored the game's only goal in the 54th minute as Serbia defeated visiting Belgium 1-0. Details here.

At Porto, Potugal:

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to pace Portugal to a 3-1 home win over Azerbaijan. Details here.

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Visiting Finland and Armenia settled for a 0-0 deadlock. Details here.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Euzebiusz Smolarek popped in the only goal (52') in Poland's 1-0 road win versus Kazakhstan. Details here.


GROUP B:

At Torshavn, Faroe Island:

Andrius Skerla, in his 50th appearance for Lithuania, scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute, as he and his visiting mates topped a game Faroe Islands squad 1-0. Details here.

At Glasgow:

Gary Caldwell's 67th-minute goal provided the margin for Scotland's 1-0 home win over France. Details here.

At Rome:

Italy, on goals from Massimo Oddo (PK71') and Luca Toni (79'), picked up a needed 2-0 home win over Ukraine. Details here.


GROUP C:

At Chisinau, Moldova:

Moldova and visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina battled to a 2-2 draw. Details here.

At Budapest:

Tuncay Sanli scored the only goal (41') in Turkey's 1-0 road win against Hungary. Details here.

At Athens:

Kostantinos Katsouranis lifted Greece to a 1-0 road win against Norway by scoring the game's only goal in the 33rd minute. Details here.


GROUP D:

At Cardiff, Wales:

Visiting Slovakia handed Wales a 5-1 beatdown. Details here.

At Liberec, Czech Republic:

The Czech Republic delivered a good ol' fashioned frontier-style fistbeating to hapless visiting San Marino 7-0. Details here.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Michalis Konstantinou and Constantinos Charalambides each scored twice to lead Cyprus to an easy 5-2 home win over the Republic of Ireland. Details here.


GROUP E:

At Manchester, England:

Host England was held to a 0-0 draw by Macedonia. Details here.

At Moscow:

Amit Ben Shushan's 84th-minute equalizer enabled Israel to gain a 1-1 road draw with Russia. Details here.

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Mladen Petric was glad all over (as were his teamates) as he popped in four goals (12', 37', 48', 50') as Croatia blasted visiting Andorra 7-0. Details here.


GROUP F:

At Solna, Sweden:

Sweden, on goals from Johan Elmander (10') and Marcus Allback (82'), blanked visiting Spain 2-0. Details here.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Visiting Norther Ireland and Denmark battled to a 0-0 draw. Details here.

At Riga, Latvia:

Latvia, whose Maris Verpakovskis scored twice (15' and 25'), pounded Iceland 4-0 at home. Details here.


GROUP G:

At Bucharest:

Romania picked up a 3-1 home win over Belarus. Details here.

At Celje, Slovenia:

Milivoje Novakovic (30') and Robert Koren (44') each scored a goal to lead Slovenia to a 2-0 home win over Luxembourg. Details here.

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Homestanding Bulgaria and the Netherlands battled to a 1-1 draw. Details here.