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On Wednesday friendly international matches were played all over the world.
The England national team managed to overturn a two-goal deficit, but it wasn't enough to avoid defeat to the Netherlands.
Visitors took the lead at London's Wembley Stadium after a precise strike by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and soon Arjen Robben doubled the lead with an impressive solo run.
Although Gary Cahill and Ashley Young were able to equalize in the last 5 minutes and it seemed like there would be no winner, another goal by Robben determined the victory of the world vice-champions.
Argentina's national team fans were delighted by the best player in the world Lionel Messi - the forward, who has received a lot of criticism for his performances in the national team, scored three goals and helped his country to beat Switzerland 3-1.
The Barcelona star in Berne scored two crucial goals in the last 5 minutes.
World champion Spain crushed Venezuela 5-0, with striker Roberto Soldado in the spotlight.
Another two accurate shots were added by Andres Iniesta and David Silva.
In the battle of European giants, France beat Germany 2-1.
Olivier Giroud scored the opening goal while wearing the national team jersey, and Florent Malouda secured the lead in the 69th minute. Cacau softened the score during injury time.
Interesting results:
Latvia 0 - 0 Kazakhstan
Turkey 1 - 2 Slovakia
24' [0 - 1] V.Weiss
39' [0 - 2] M.Stoch
85' [1 - 2] O.Toprak
Malta 2 - 1 Liechtenstein
48' [0 - 1] M.Buchel
54' [1 - 1] M.Mifsud
64' [2 - 1] M.Mifsud
Greece 1 - 1 Belgium
9' [1 - 0] D.Salpingidis
33' [1 - 1] N.Chadli
62' N.Lombaerts sent off (Belgium)
Switzerland 1 - 3 Argentina
20' [0 - 1] L.Messi
50' [1 - 1] X.Shaqiri
88' [1 - 2] L.Messi
90' [1 - 3] L.Messi (from a penalty kick)
Croatia 1 - 3 Sweden
13' [0 - 1] Z.Ibrahimovic (from a penalty kick)
44' [1 - 1] J.Olsson (own goal)
46' [1 - 2] S.Larsson
69' [1 - 3] S.Larsson
Italy 0 - 1 United States
55' [0 - 1] C.Dempsey
Poland 0 - 0 Portugal
Germany 1 - 2 France
21' [0 - 1] O.Giroud
69' [0 - 2] F.Malouda
90' [1 - 2] Cacau
England 2 - 3 Netherlands
57' [0 - 1] K.Jan Huntelaar
59' [0 - 2] A.Robben
85' [1 - 2] G.Cahill
90' [2 - 2] A.Young
90' [2 - 3] A.Robben
Spain 5 - 0 Venezuela
37' [1 - 0] A.Iniesta
40' [2 - 0] D.Silva
50' [3 - 0] R.Soldado
53' [4 - 0] R.Soldado
84' [5 - 0] R.Soldado
65' F.Amorebieta (Venezuela) sent off
66' R.Soldado (Spain) missed a penalty kick
Denmark 0 - 2 Russia
4' [0 - 1] R.Shirokov
45' [0 - 2] A.Arshavin
