Favorites secured convincing victories (UPDATED, VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

In Group D of the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches, the Netherlands crushed Andorra 3-0 at home. After just 15 minutes, the hosts took a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by R.v.d. Vaart and K.J.Huntelaar. In another match, the Turks couldn't hold off the Romanians in front of their own fans and lost 0-1. In Group C, the Germans achieved an impressive victory. J.Loew's team scored 6-1 against the Irish away. The winners were marked by goals from M.Reus and T.Kroos twice, and once from M.Ozil (from a penalty kick) and M.Klose. In Group I, the Spaniards showed no mercy to Belarus with a 4-0 win away. P.Rodriguez scored a hat-trick for the World Champions team. In Group H, England demolished San Marino 5-0 in front of 90,000 spectators. W.Rooney and D.Welbeck each scored two goals for the winners.