Euro 2012 and Women's U-19's. 6/6/2011.

Beginning with European Cup Qualifying, in Group B, Russia beat Armenia 3-1 thanks to three fantastic goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko. These all, however, came after Marcos Pizzeli's 25th goal which put the Armenians into the lead for about a minute. Over in Slovakia, the home side were able to edge Andorra 1-0 thanks to defender Miroslav Karhan's 63rd minute strike. Macedonia however, were beaten at home by the Republic of Ireland 0-2 who relied heavily on sharpshooter Robbie Keane as he struck twice, in the 8th and 37th minutes for victory. A missed penalty for Macedonia by Ivan Trickovski in the 41st minute wasn't quite what they wanted either. Latvia also lost at home, to Israel, 1-2. Yossi Benayoun slotted home for Israel first, in the 19th minute, while Tal Ben Haim struck a nice penalty in the 43rd minute to put the Israelis 0-2 up at the half. Aleksanders Cauna brought Latvia one back in the 62nd from the spot as well. Over in Piraeus, Greece, the home side defeated the visiting Maltese side 3-1 with goals coming from Giannis Fetfatzidis on either side of Kyriakos Papadopoulos' 15th minute strike. Just before the young Fetfatzidis struck in the 63rd, Michael Mifsud struck for Malta in the 54th minute but that was all Malta had as they were beaten. Now for a relatively surprising result, England's 2-2 draw with Switzerland played out in this way: Tranquillo Barnetta's goals came within three minutes (in the 32nd and 35th minutes) to give the Swiss an amazing 0-2 lead. It lasted for only about two minutes though, as Frank Lampard slotted home from the spot in the 37th minute to set England on the right path. However, it took until the second half before Ashley Young finally equalized for England, in the 51st minute. Montenegro and Bulgaria drew 1-1, Iceland and Denmark finished 0-2 in favor of the visitors, and Portugal edged Norway 1-0! (The goal, actually, came from Helder Postiga in the 53rd. The Portuguese however, had many more chances, none of which they were able to convert.) Over in Italy, and the Women's U-19 Championships, the semi-finals match-ups are as follows: the hosts (Italy) face Norway while Germany take on Switzerland. Best of luck to all sides and hopefully the performances will continue to be exhilarating!