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Today, 21 international friendly matches were played in football stadiums around the world - many European and other continent teams finished their preparations for the 2006 World Cup qualifying cycle. Unexpected victory was achieved by Iceland, which spoiled coach Marcelo Lippi's debut; our neighbor Latvia lost at home to the Wales team, and the Polish team was crushed by Denmark. Future Lithuanian opponents, the Belgians, played a high-scoring draw with Norway in Group Seven, the Serbians and Bosnians lost away to Slovenia and France respectively, while Spain won at home after a tough battle against Venezuela.
All results:
Japan 1 - 2 Argentina Russia 4 - 3 Lithuania Moldova 1 - 0 Georgia Latvia 0 - 2 Wales Poland 1 - 5 Denmark Norway 2 - 2 Belgium Cyprus 2 - 1 Albania Turkey 1 - 2 Belarus Faroe Islands 3 - 2 Malta Croatia 1 - 0 Israel Switzerland 0 - 0 Northern Ireland Sweden 2 - 2 Netherlands Slovenia 1 - 1 Serbia and Montenegro Czech Republic 0 - 0 Greece Ireland 1 - 1 Bulgaria England 3 - 0 Ukraine Austria 1 - 3 Germany France 1 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Scotland 0 - 3 Hungary Iceland 2 - 0 Italy Haiti 0 - 6 Brazil Spain 3 - 2 Venezuela
