As the World Cup approaches, friendly matches between national teams continue. World vice-champions the Netherlands secured a victory against Wales after goals from Arjen Robben and Jeremain Lens.
In other matches, an unexpected result was recorded. The Italian national team failed to defeat Luxembourg, who are ranked 112th in the FIFA rankings. Claudio Marchisio put Italy in the lead at the beginning of the match, but the opponents managed to equalize by the end of the game.
England also couldn't end their successful series of friendly matches, drawing 2-2 with Ecuador.
In South America, the matches ended without surprises. Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile secured victories.
Results:
Netherlands 2 - 0 Wales
32' [1 - 0] A.Robben
76' [2 - 0] J.Lens
Italy 1 - 1 Luxembourg
9' [1 - 0] C.Marchisio
85' [1 - 1] M.Chanot
Ecuador 2 - 2 England
8' [1 - 0] E.Valencia
29' [1 - 1] W.Rooney
51' [1 - 2] R.Lambert
70' [2 - 2] M.Arroyo
Argentina 3 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
45' [1 - 0] R.Palacio
51' [2 - 0] J.Mascherano
64' [3 - 0] M.Rodriguez
Uruguay 2 - 0 Slovenia
37' [1 - 0] E.Cavani
76' [2 - 0] C.Stuani
Chile 2 - 0 Northern Ireland
79' [1 - 0] A.Vargas
82' [2 - 0] M.Pinilla
