Crouch double turns table on African kings
England 3 Egypt 1 Friendly (Wembley 3 March 2010) |
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In other matches a single goal gave Diego Maradona's Argentina victory on German soil while Spain recorded a 2-0 win over France in Paris and Senegal defeated Greece 2-0 in Volos. Several other teams suffered home losses including Algeria 3-0 to Serbia, Romania 2-0 to Israel, Switzerland 3-1 to Uruguay, and there were 1-0 home defeats for Slovakia against Norway, Wales against Sweden and Belgium against Croatia. A goal from Scott Brown gave Scotland a 1-0 home win over the Czech Republic in their first match under Craig Levein, while the Netherlands and Austria won their home matches 2-1 against the USA and Denmark respectively. London hosted Ivory Coast and South Korea at Loftus Road with the Koreans coming out 2-0 winners, and on Tuesday Brazil defeated the Irish by the same result at the Emirates.
The Asian Cup qualifiers reached its conclusion with Kuwait drawing 0-0 in Oman to secure a place in next year's games. The UAE topped their group after a 1-0 win in Uzbekistan who also qualify. Bryan Robson took Thailand to Tehran needing a win against group leaders Iran, but fell to a last minute goal and lost out as a result of a 2-1 Jordanian win at home to Singapore. Syria celebrated winning their group ahead of China by sweeping aside Lebanon 4-0 at home. Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 and Australia finished with an unconvincing 1-0 home win over Indonesia. The teams to qualify are Japan, Bahrain, Australia, Kuwait, UAE, Uzbekistan, Syria, China, Iran and Jordan, plus reigning champions Iraq and hosts Qatar.