Qualifying for Euro Cup 3/29/2011. Two friendlies too!

One of the bigger games today occurred between Turkey and Austria as the Group A opponents finished 2-0 in the host's favor. Arda Turan and Gökhan Gönül slotted home once each in the 28th and 78th minutes respectively. It wasn't a good game at all for Austria as they could only collect cards, with three players booked in the match. Belgium were very successful in their match with Azerbaijan as they claimed a 4-1 victory. Jan Vertonghen opened the scoring in the 12th minute while Ruslan Abushev equalized four minutes later. Timmy Simons and Nacer Chadli then struck goals to give the Belgian's a 3-1 lead at the half. Jelle Vossen then struck in the 74th to finish the game 4-1. Serbia were actually held in Estonia to a 1-1 draw as Konstantin Vassiljev struck in the 84th minute for Estonia to draw them level after Marko Pantelić had given Serbia a 1-0 lead in the first half. Northern Ireland and Slovenia finished as they started: with the score line 0-0. Romania turned around from their last performance as they defeated Luxembourg 3-1 thanks to two goals from Adrian Mutu which put Romania up 2-1 after Lars Gerson had opened the scoring for Luxembourg. Ianis Zicu then tacked on Romania's third in the 78th. In Group E Sweden and the Netherlands showed well against their respective opposition as Sweden beat Moldova 2-1. The Netherlands had an even higher scoring game as they finished up 5-3 over Hungary. Robin van Persie opened the scoring before Gergely Rudolf and Zoltán Gera slotted home to give Hungary a 2-1 lead. Wesley Sneijder equalized in the 61st while Ruud van Nistelrooy put Holland ahead in the 73rd. Hungary's captain Gera didn't give up though as he put in Hungary's third to make it 3-3 in the 75th. Dirk Kuyt had other plans though, as he struck twice, in the 78th and 81st minutes to make it 5-3 when the final whistle blew. In Israel, Georgia had no luck as they lost 1-0 to their hosts who relied on Tal Ben Chaim's solitary debut goal for the win. The Czech Republic finished 2-0 over Lichtenstein as Milan Baroš opened the scoring in the 3rd minute and Michal Kadlec closed the account in the 70th. In Lithuania, Spain were victorious 3-1 as Xavi Hernández slotted home in the 19th, Lithuania's Marius Stankevičius equalized in the 57th, Tadas Kijanskas scored an own goal which gave Spain a 2-1 lead, the last goal was from Spain's Juan Mata and made it 3-1 for the World Champions. Finally, in friendly news, Australia actually beat Germany at home in Dortmund 2-1 while Ghana tied England 1-1! Lots of upsets!