Germany 2-1 Russia
Despite taking a two-goal lead, Germany were left desperately defending their advantage after that man Andrei Arshavin reignited Russian hopes.

Romania 2-2 France
Goals from Franck Ribéry and Yoann Gourcuff earned Les Bleus a crucial point in Constanta as they came from 2-0 down to draw with Romania.

England 5-1 Kazakhstan
England continued their winning start to qualifying but were made to work hard by a young Kazakhstan side before three late strikes for the hosts.

Estonia 0-3 Spain
The European champions were made to earn the Group 5 points in Tallinn but Vicente Del Bosque's men did enough to secure a third straight win.

Initial reactions are extremely positive to the experiment with two additional assistant referees that is taking place at a UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying mini-tournament in Slovenia.