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Euro 2008 Qualifier Results – Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel, Romania, Czech Win; Netherlands BeatenSubmitted by niraj prabhu on Wed, 2007-11-21 19:21.
Following are the various results of the Euro 2008 qualifiers played out on Wednesday for the last four available spots. In Baku, Azerbaijan lost to Belgium by a solitary goal, which came through Luigi Pieroni (52nd minute) in a Group A match. Bulgaria scored a 2-0 victory in Celje, over Slovenia as Blagoy Georgiev and Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov scored one goal each in a Group G game. The already qualified Netherlands lost away to Belarus 1-2 in another Group G game at Minsk. Vitaly Bulyga and Vladimir Korytko scored for the home side while Rafael Van der Vaart netted for the Dutch. In a Group E game, Israel defeated Macedonia 1-0 in Tel Aviv with Elyaniv Barda netted the winner. In Group D, Cyprus lost at home as already-qualified Czech Republic eased to victory with Daniel Pudil and Jan Koller scoring a goal each at Nicosia. Already-qualified Romania hammered Albania 6-1 in Group G in Bucharest. Nicolae Dica scored two, Gabriel Tamas, Daniel Niculae also scored two and Ciprian Marica got the goals for the home side while Edmond Kaplani scored the lone goal for the visitors. Following nations are already through to next summer’s finals: Poland, Italy, France, Greece, Germany, Czech Republic, Croatia, Spain, Romania, the Netherlands and co-hosts Austria and Switzerland. |