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Italy - Lithuania 1: 1
If the defeat of the second squad of “Azzurra Squadra” in a recent friendly match against the Croats could have been closed, the unexpected draw with the Lithuanians in Naples, the hometown of the captain of the national team and World Cup hero Fabio Cannavaro, is an obvious misfire. World champions recouped after the goal of Lithuanian resident of series B Thomas Danilevicius, but did not qualify for more. However, the repetition of the 2006 World Cup final will be even more interesting on Wednesday: Italy plays with France.
The spectacular victory of the British
England - Andorra 5: 0
The impressive start of the British in the qualifying round under the leadership of a new head coach. Double Peter Crouch and his record 10 goals in the last 10 matches of the team. Jermain Defoe’s double and his greetings to Sven-Goran Ericsson, who did not take the Tottenham forward at the World Cup. 56 thousand came to see Steve McLaren’s team at Old Trafford - only 12 thousand less than the entire population of Andorra.
Serbia with Javier Clemente and Germany with Joachim Lev also won, but England achieved the most convincing and impressive victory in terms of ease.
Hot Danube Derby
Romania - Bulgaria 2: 2
This match - if there is a clear favorite in group G in the image of the Dutch national team - promised to become one of the key in the struggle for a ticket to the final stage. The game began long before the whistle: the administration of the Farul Stadium did not want to let the Bulgarian Minister of Defense take the handful of his native land “for good luck”. However, the methods of dealing with voodoo magic did not work: having missed two goals, the wards of Hristo Stoichkova recouped in the end in just two minutes.
Two strikers in the French
Georgia - France 0: 3
With the departure of Zidane, the “tricolor” finally began to play two forwards - in tandem with Thierry Henry, Raymond Domenech, who had persisted before, detached Louis Saa, and the forward of Manchester United immediately scored. Maybe Les fans soon Bleus they will also see the much-desired bunch of Henri - Trezeguet, as soon as the latter heals the injury.
Reminder about yourself Jari Litmanen
Poland - Finland 1: 3
The veteran of the national team and a lively symbol of Finnish football played more than convincingly: a goal from the game, a penalty and an assist; and all this in a guest match against the super-motivated national team of Poland with a new coach and returned to Dudek and Frankowski.