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On Wednesday, international friendly matches are taking place all over the world.
The national teams of the Old Continent are using them to prepare for the qualifying matches of the European Championship. Lithuania refused to play on this day.
Our future opponents, Spain, defeated Colombia on their home ground thanks to a late goal from David Silva. Also, Czech Republic, who are in the same group as Lithuania, lost 2-4 to Croatia away, Scotland crushed Northern Ireland 3-0, and Liechtenstein defeated San Marino 1-0.
Germany and Italy played out a 1-1 draw.
Veteran Miroslav Klose led Joachim Low's team ahead in the first half, but Giuseppe Rossi equalized as the match approached its end.
The Netherlands secured their sixth consecutive victory by beating Austria 3-1 at home.
Having recovered from an injury, Wesley Sneijder proved that he had not lost his sporting form by scoring the first goal, while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt also scored accurate shots (from the penalty spot).
Marko Arnautovic scored from the penalty spot for Austria.
Results of more interesting matches:
Spain 1 - 0 Colombia 86' [1 - 0] D.Silva
France 1 - 0 Brazil 54' [1 - 0] K.Benzema
Argentina 2 - 1 Portugal 14' [1 - 0] A.D.Maria 21' [1 - 1] C.Ronaldo 90' [2 - 1] L.Messi (from the penalty spot)
Scotland 3 - 0 Northern Ireland 19' [1 - 0] K.Miller 32' [2 - 0] J.McArthur 51' [3 - 0] K.Commons
Germany 1 - 1 Italy 16' [1 - 0] M.Klose 81' [1 - 1] G.Rossi
Netherlands 3 - 1 Austria 28' [1 - 0] W.Sneijder 48' [2 - 0] K.J.Huntelaar 71' [3 - 0] D.Kuyt (from the penalty spot) 84' [3 - 1] M.Arnautovic (from the penalty spot)
Denmark 1 - 2 England 8' [1 - 0] D.Agger 10' [1 - 1] D.Bent 68' [1 - 2] A.Young
San Marino 0 - 1 Liechtenstein 57' [0 - 1] M.Polverino
Bolivia 1 - 2 Latvia 43' [0 - 1] M.Verpakovskis (from the penalty spot) 49' [0 - 2] A.Cauna (from the penalty spot) 55' [1 - 2] J.C.Arce (from the penalty spot)
Russia 0 - 1 Iran 90' [0 - 1] M.R.Khalatbari 90' M.R.Khalatbari (Iran) sent off the field
Croatia 4 - 2 Czech Republic 10' [1 - 0] Eduardo 13' [2 - 0] N.Kalinic 20' [2 - 1] T.Sivok 45' [2 - 2] T.Rosicky 61' [3 - 2] N.Kalinic 75' [4 - 2] I.Ilicevic
Israel 0 - 2 Serbia 23' [0 - 1] Z.Tosic 77' [0 - 2] V.Trivunovic
