England 5-0 Andorra: Steve McClaren recalls Phil Neville while Wes Brown starts in place of Rio Ferdinand at Old Trafford Peter Crouch gets England off to a great start side-footing home Ashley Cole's flick after only five minutes Steven Gerrard scores his 10th goal for England chesting down Cole's cross and blasting home on 13 minutes Jermain Defoe coolly side-foots home Gerrard's superb right-wing cross to put England 3-0 up on 38 minutes Defoe is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring his second and England's fourth two minutes after half-time Owen Hargreaves again stars for England bossing the midfield and is unlucky not to score - hitting the post twice Crouch heads home his second goal of the game from substitute Aaron Lennon's delightful cross on 66 minutes Czech Republic 2-1 Wales: Ryan Giggs leads his side out for their tough qualifier against the fancied Czech Republic side Craig Bellamy reacts to a fluffed chance as Wales miss out on the points despite the hosts conceding an own goal Germany 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Robbie Keane takes a tumble as Ireland lose out against Germany in Stuttgart Scotland 6-0 Faroe Islands: Darren Fletcher gives the home side the perfect start stabbing home Kenny Miller's cross Scotland go 2-0 up after 10 minutes when James McFadden curls home a left-foot shot from the edge of the box Kris Boyd makes it 3-0 from the penalty spot, before Kenny Miller scores Scotland's fourth also from a spot-kick Boyd doubles his tally on 38 minutes and Gary O'Connor's 85th minute strike wraps up an easy win at Celtic Park Northern Ireland 0-3 Iceland: Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson slots home the opening goal for the away side at Windsor Park Hermann Hreidarsson is mobbed after doubling Iceland's lead, while captain Eidur Gudjohnsen makes it 3-0 before half-time Despite a better performance in the second-half Lawrie Sanchez's side face an uphill struggle to qualify for Euro 2008
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