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Stelios Yiannacopoulos scored the only goal three minutes before half time in Zaragoza and Spain, instead of moving four points clear of its rival, now is just one ahead of Ukraine and Greece. Ukraine edged Armenia 4-3 after twice falling behind with Andriy Shevchenko scoring twice and Serhiy Fedorov netting a last minute winner. Seven years after leading Germany to its last European championship triumph at Wembley, Berti Vogts snatched two qualifying points from his countrymen when his Scotland team earned a 1-1 tie at Hampden Park. After Fredi Bobic had headed Germany into a 23rd minute lead, Scotland hit back with a Kenny Miller equaliser 20 minutes from the end to set up the curious sight of Vogts cheering a goal against his fellow Germans. It was a point that Scotland fully deserved against a German lineup that failed to produce the form that took it to last year's World Cup final. ``It was a great performance from my team,'' said Vogts, whose team is level on points with Rudi Voeller's men but behind on goal difference and has played a game more. ``We had to work hard against one of the strongest teams in the world. ``I think the pressure on the Germans was very, very high. There is no pressure on me. Now we're looking positive, forward.'' The result means that Germany and Scotland have eight points while idle Lithuania has seven. The Lithuanians, who have taken two points off the Germans and three off the Scots, host Iceland on Wednesday when the Germans go to the Faeroe Islands. Iceland moved into contention by edging the Faeroe Islands 2-1 in Reykjavik and has six points. The games were among 19 qualifying matches being played across Europe on Saturday.
Holland beats Belarus
The Netherlands scored a 2-0 victory at Belarus to go three points clear of the Czech Republic in Group 3. Barcelona stars Marc Overmars and Patrick Kluivert netted the goals but the star-studded Dutch didn't break the Belarussian resistance until the 62nd minute. Turkey jumped back above England with a 1-0 victory over Slovakia in Bratislava, the only goal coming from Kahveci Nihat in the 12th minute. The result gives the Turks 12 points from five games while England, which hosts Slovakia on Wednesday, has 10 from four. In the struggle to catch runaway Group 1 leader and defending champion France, third place Israel was held 0-0 by second place Slovenia. The game was played at Antalya in Turkey because the Israelis are unable to play their home matches on their own turf. Some 2,000 Israel fans made the journey to the predominantly Muslim nation for the game. A fourth minute goal by Chelsea's Jesper Groenkjaer gave Denmark a 1-0 victory over Norway and now the two Scandinavian nations are tied on 10 points at the top of Group 2.
Ireland edges Albania
Ireland needed a last minute own goal to edge Albania 2-1 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, and stay in contention in Group 10. Although Robbie Keane gave the Irish a sixth minute lead, Ervin Skela leveled two minutes later. The Albanians lost goalkeeper Foto Strakosha with suspected concussion 13 minutes from the end and conceded a late winner when Adrian Aliaj volleyed the ball into his own net when trying to clear a cross from Gary Doherty.
Russia holds Switzerland
Group leader Switzerland threw away a two-goal lead after Alexander Frei scored in the 14th and 16th minutes and was held 2-2 at home by Russia which replied with two strikes by Sergei Ignashevitch. Mattias Jonson scored three and Marcus Allback two as Sweden romped to a 6-0 victory over San Marino in Group 4. Group leader Latvia lost 3-1 at Hungary and now is just two points ahead with Poland back in fourth and just three behindIn Group 9, Finland improved its chances of qualifying by scoring a 3-0 victory over Serbia-Montenegro in Helsinki. Sami Hyypia and Joonas Kolka scored before half time and Mikael Forssel added a third 10 minutes into the second half to lift the Finns into third place with six points. AP
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