In friendly matches, elite football nations performed poorly (6 VIDEOS) © EuroFootball.com

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n recent days, the national teams that have not played official matches took advantage of the opportunity to test their strength in friendly matches.

England let victory slip from their hands in the last minutes of the match, playing a 1-1 draw with the Ghana national team.

In the match at Wembley Stadium, Fabio Capello's protégés took the lead at the end of the first half after Andy Carroll's precise strike, but Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan restored the balance in the 90th minute.

In other matches, neither the Germans, nor the French, nor the Argentinians were able to win against theoretically weaker opponents.

Results of more interesting matches:

USA 1 - 1 Argentina

Costa Rica 2 - 2 China

Brazil 2 - 0 Scotland

Japan 0 - 0 New Zealand

South Korea 0 - 0 Montenegro

China 3 - 0 Honduras

Belarus 0 - 1 Canada

Qatar 1 - 1 Russia

Cyprus 0 - 1 Bulgaria

Slovakia 1 - 2 Denmark

Greece 0 - 0 Poland

Germany 1 - 2 Australia

Ireland 2 - 3 Uruguay

Ukraine 0 - 2 Italy

England 1 - 1 Ghana

France 0 - 0 Croatia

Portugal 2 - 0 Finland

USA 0 - 1 Paraguay

Costa Rica 0 - 0 Argentina

Mexico 1 - 1 Venezuela