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.
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