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On Wednesday, friendly matches took place between national teams that did not play in the 2008 European Championship qualifiers - Germany, with not the strongest lineup, suffered an unexpected defeat against Denmark, while France narrowly beat Austria.
The coach of the French national team, Raymond Domenech, tested several new players against Austria, including 19-year-olds Samir Nasri and Karim Benzema. These two young talents created the only goal of the match - K. Benzema scored after S. Nasri's penalty kick in the 53rd minute.
Meanwhile, Germany played with six debutants against Denmark and suffered their first defeat in the last nine matches. Nicklas Bendtner scored the winning goal for the Danes nine minutes before the end of the match after Jesper Grønkjær's pass.
In addition to these matches, fifteen more international friendly matches were played this week. Future European Championship hosts Switzerland defeated Jamaica and lost to Colombia, while Austria also played to a draw with Ghana.
The Brazilian national team, with two goals from Ronaldinho, crushed Chile 4-0, and also beat the Ghana national team at the Stockholm stadium, where they won the World Cup in 1958. The only goal in the match in Sweden was scored by CSKA Moscow striker Vágner Love.
Meanwhile, the newly formed Montenegrin national team won its first victory in history - after a fierce battle, Montenegrins surprisingly defeated the Hungarian team.
Results of all friendly matches held this week:
Germany 0 - 1 Denmark
France 1 - 0 Austria
Colombia 2 - 0 Paraguay
Chile 1 - 1 Costa Rica
Mexico 4 - 2 Ecuador
Jamaica 0 - 2 Switzerland
China 0 - 2 Australia
Japan 2 - 0 Peru
South Korea 0 - 2 Uruguay
Brazil 4 - 0 Chile
Montenegro 2 - 1 Hungary
Austria 1 - 1 Ghana
USA 3 - 1 Ecuador
Colombia 3 - 1 Switzerland
Mexico 2 - 1 Paraguay
China 3 - 1 Uzbekistan
Brazil 1 - 0 Ghana
