Saturday Match Results
These are the results on the first leg of the play-off matches for the World Cup Final in Germany, 2006:
Norway - Czech Republic: 0-1
Switzerland - Turkey: 2-0
Uruguay - Australia: 1 - 0
Spain - Slovakia: 5 - 1
Trinidad & Tobago - Bahrain: 1 - 1
As you can see, Czech Republic and Spain took quite an advantage over their adversaries.
In other friendly matches:
Korea Republic - Sweden: 2 - 2
Finland - Estonia:2 - 2
Belarus - Latvia: 3 - 1
Bulgaria - Georgia: 6 - 2
South Africa - Senegal: 2 - 3
Liechtenstein - Rep. of Macedonia: 1 - 2
Scotland - USA: 1 - 1
Argentina - England: 2 - 3
Romania - Ivory Coast: 1 - 2
U.A.E. - Brazil: 0 - 8
Holland - Italy: 1 - 3
France - Germany: 0 - 0
Portugal - Croatia: 2 - 0
As you can see, France and Germany drew level, Holland was beaten (a surprise, even if it was against Italy) and England won against Argentina.
International reactions here:
Germany hold France in tense World Cup warm-up
France needs to improve before World Cup, says Zidane
Drogba dreams of playing France in World Cup
Door to football’s World Cup wide open
