England 1-2 Germany: Over 86,000 fans turn out at Wembley to see England take on the Germans England start well and Frank Lampard fires them into the lead after just nine minutes Micah Richards takes much of the credit for the goal having found Lampard after charging down the right Germany equalise when Paul Robinson makes a mess of Bernd Schneider's cross and Kevin Kuranyi taps home the loose ball The mistake increases the pressure on Robinson amid debate over whether he should be England's first-choice goalkeeper Worse follows for England when Christian Pander finds the net with an unstoppable shot five minutes before half-time Michael Owen has a golden chance to level but after rounding keeper Jens Lehmann he misses the target David Beckham's frustration is clear as England become disjointed and are unable to find an equaliser Scotland 1-0 South Africa: Darren Fletcher challenges South Africa's Macbeth Sibaya in the opening minutes at Pittodrie Scotland struggle in the first half but improve in the second and substitute Kris Boyd nets a 71st-minute winner Scotland's Russell Anderson keeps Sibusiso Zuma at bay as Alex McLeish's men defend doggedly McLeish is given food for thought ahead of an important Euro 2008 qualifier at home to Lithuania next month N Ireland 3-1 Liechtenstein: David Healy gets two early goals for Northern Ireland in their European Championship qualifier Kyle Lafferty delights the Windsor Park crowd by netting the third goal to seal a fine win Boss Nigel Worthington's side move into second place in their group and have a real chance of reaching the finals Bulgaria 0-1 Wales: Cardiff's Joe Ledley goes on the attack for Wales, who make a bright start to their match in Bourgas Tottenham's summer signing Gareth Bale returns from injury to start for John Toshack's side Striker Freddy Eastwood scores on his international debut to put Wales ahead just before half-time Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessy produces a number of saves to ensure that Eastwood's excellent goal gives Wales victory Denmark 0-4 Republic of Ireland: Robbie Keane scores twice in a storming win for the Republic, as does Reading's Shane Long
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