Wednesday EURO 2008 Qualifying

Here now, boys and girls, is a rundown of Wednesday action from qualifying for the 2008 European Championships:

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan battled to a 1-1 draw. Details here.


At Moscow, Russia:

Guus Hiddink's debut as Russia's new head coach ended with a 0-0 draw against visiting Croatia. Details here.


At Kaunus, Lithuania:

Visiting Scotland, on second-half goals by Christian Dailly and Kenny Miller, topped Lithuania 2-1. Details here.


At Yerevan, Aremenia:

Daniel Van Buyten's goal at 41 minutes, the only one of the match, paced visiting Belgium to a 1-0 win over Belgium. Details here.


At Kiev, Ukraine:

Andriy Rusol scored with ten minutes remaining to lift Ukraine to a 3-2, come from behind win over Georgia. Details here.


At Nijmegen, Netherlands

Designated as a home game for Israel because of the turmoil in the Middle East, the Israelis still managed a convincing 4-1 win over Andorra. Details here.


At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Dennis Rommedahl had a hand in both goals (scoring one, setting up another) in visiting Denmark's 2-0 win over Iceland. Details here.


At Oslo, Norway:

Second-half goals by Fredrik Stromstad and Steffan Iversen lifted Norway to a 2-0 win over visiting Moldova. Details here.


At Gothenburg, Sweden:

Marcus Allback scored twice to lead Sweden to a 3-1 win over visiting Liechtenstein. Details here.


At Frankfurt, Germany:

At a contest played behind closed doors in Frankfurt because of Turkey's role in disturbances that their World Cup playoff defeat at the hands of Switzerland, thus stripped of the opportunity to play this match at home, the Turks, nevertheless, still defeated Malta 2-0. Details here.


At Helsinki, Finland:

Portugal, playing with only ten men, managed a 1-1 draw with host Finland. Details here.


At Tirana, Albania:

Romania recovered from their second-half collapse against Bulgaria and notched a 2-0 road win against Albania. Details here.


At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Continuing their momentum from late in the second half of their road match against Romania, Bulgaria defeated visiting Slovenia 3-0, scoring all their goals in the second half. Details here.


At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Libor Sionko scored two first-half goals as the visiting Czech Republic defeated Slovakia 3-0. Details here.


At Skopje, Macedonia:

Peter Crouch scored the only goal one minute into the second half as England picked up a hard-fought 1-0 win over homestanding Macedonia. Details here.


At Paris:

Sidney Govao scored twice and Thierry Henry added another goal as France gained a measure of revenge for their World Cup championship defeat by topping Italy 3-1. Details here.


At Warsaw, Poland:

Substitute Danko Lazovic scored the tying goal after 71 minutes to lift visiting Serbia to a 1-1 draw against Poland. Details here.


At Serravalle, San Marino:

Not even DAN Marino---or for that matter, Pele----could have made thing better for poor, homestanding San Marino, as visiting Germany, paced by Lukas Podolski, who popped in four goals, crushed the home side like a washtub full of grapes 13-0. Even Uma Pemmaraju could have beaten the San Marino squad by herself. Details of the slaughter ,in which some European Championships records were set, can be found here.


At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

David Healy became the first Northern Ireland player in fifteen years to score a hat trick, leading the home side to a come-from-behind 3-2 win against Spain. Details here.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

The Netherlands posted a convincing 3-0 shutout against visiting Belarus. Details here.


At Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina:

Visiting Hungary defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1. After the match, Bosnian head coach Blaz Sliskovic resigned. Details here.