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Croatia, Ireland, Czechs Great First Leg Result
Croatia and Ireland took command of their European Championship playoff matches with dominant away wins in the first leg Friday.
The Czech Republic also looks headed for the 2012 finals after a 2-0 home victory over Montenegro.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal head into the second leg of their playoff at 0-0, however, after Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wasted the visitors' best chances in Sarajevo.
"It's a good result but it's dangerous over two legs because we didn't get the away win we deserved," said Portugal coach Paulo Bento. His team was the most high-profile country failing to automatically qualify from the group stage.
Croatia took revenge for its quarterfinal loss on penalty kicks to Turkey at Euro 2008 by routing the Turks 3-0 in Istanbul, with Ivica Olic, Mario Mandzukic and Vedran Corluka scoring.
"It is almost impossible to qualify now," Turkey coach Guus Hiddink said.
Captain Robbie Keane scored twice in Ireland's 4-0 win against Estonia, which had both center backs ejected.
"It should be all over," Keane said. "You can't take anything for granted but if we don't qualify, we'll be devastated."
Vaclav Pilar and Tomas Sivok were the second-half scorers for the Czechs, who are in excellent shape to maintain their record of reaching every European Championship since Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
The second legs are Tuesday.
Substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi scored in the 60th minute to rally Argentina to a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in a South American World Cup qualifying match at Buenos Aires.
Marcelo Martins put Bolivia ahead in the 56th, capitalizing on an error by Argentina defender Martin Demichelis. Lavezzi equalized four minutes later, his first touch after coming on for Ricardo Alvarez.
Argentina has failed to win its last two matches, losing 1-0 to Venezuela before drawing with Bolivia, which picked up its first point in three matches.
"Of course it's a good point for us," Martins said, "considering that we earned it against one of the best-known teams in the qualifying. ... For as hard as we played, we deserved this result."
Loic Remy extended France's unbeaten run to 16 matches by scoring in a 1-0 victory over the United States. The United States dropped to 1-4-1 under coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
"Obviously you want to kind of score a couple of goals sooner or later, so I wish there was one or two," Klinsmann said.
In Asian World Cup qualifying, North Korea became the first team eliminated from the 32 nations that played in South Africa last year, losing 1-0 at Uzbekistan. Japan, Jordan and Uzbekistan became the first three teams to advance to the final round of Asian qualifying, and China's 1-0 loss to Iraq moved it to the brink of missing its third straight World Cup.
In exhibition games, Italy defeated Poland 2-0, Germany drew 3-3 at Ukraine, and the Netherlands played a 0-0 draw against Switzerland. Greece drew 1-1 with Russia, while Denmark beat Scandinavian rival Sweden 2-0 at home.
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The Czech Republic also looks headed for the 2012 finals after a 2-0 home victory over Montenegro.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal head into the second leg of their playoff at 0-0, however, after Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wasted the visitors' best chances in Sarajevo.
"It's a good result but it's dangerous over two legs because we didn't get the away win we deserved," said Portugal coach Paulo Bento. His team was the most high-profile country failing to automatically qualify from the group stage.
Croatia took revenge for its quarterfinal loss on penalty kicks to Turkey at Euro 2008 by routing the Turks 3-0 in Istanbul, with Ivica Olic, Mario Mandzukic and Vedran Corluka scoring.
"It is almost impossible to qualify now," Turkey coach Guus Hiddink said.
Captain Robbie Keane scored twice in Ireland's 4-0 win against Estonia, which had both center backs ejected.
"It should be all over," Keane said. "You can't take anything for granted but if we don't qualify, we'll be devastated."
Vaclav Pilar and Tomas Sivok were the second-half scorers for the Czechs, who are in excellent shape to maintain their record of reaching every European Championship since Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
The second legs are Tuesday.
Substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi scored in the 60th minute to rally Argentina to a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in a South American World Cup qualifying match at Buenos Aires.
Marcelo Martins put Bolivia ahead in the 56th, capitalizing on an error by Argentina defender Martin Demichelis. Lavezzi equalized four minutes later, his first touch after coming on for Ricardo Alvarez.
Argentina has failed to win its last two matches, losing 1-0 to Venezuela before drawing with Bolivia, which picked up its first point in three matches.
"Of course it's a good point for us," Martins said, "considering that we earned it against one of the best-known teams in the qualifying. ... For as hard as we played, we deserved this result."
Loic Remy extended France's unbeaten run to 16 matches by scoring in a 1-0 victory over the United States. The United States dropped to 1-4-1 under coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
"Obviously you want to kind of score a couple of goals sooner or later, so I wish there was one or two," Klinsmann said.
In Asian World Cup qualifying, North Korea became the first team eliminated from the 32 nations that played in South Africa last year, losing 1-0 at Uzbekistan. Japan, Jordan and Uzbekistan became the first three teams to advance to the final round of Asian qualifying, and China's 1-0 loss to Iraq moved it to the brink of missing its third straight World Cup.
In exhibition games, Italy defeated Poland 2-0, Germany drew 3-3 at Ukraine, and the Netherlands played a 0-0 draw against Switzerland. Greece drew 1-1 with Russia, while Denmark beat Scandinavian rival Sweden 2-0 at home.
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Euro 2012 Qualifying play-offs drawing result
Euro 2012 Qualifying play-offs drawing result:
Euro 2012 Final Draw
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Turkey  | 0-3 |  Croatia | 0-3 | 0-0 |
Estonia  | 1-5 |  Republic of Ireland | 0-4 | 1-1 |
Czech Republic  | 3-0 |  Montenegro | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 2-6 |  Portugal | 0-0 | 2-6 |
Euro 2012 Final Draw
EURO 2012 play-off draw in Krakow
The UEFA EURO 2012 play-off draw will be made in Krakow on Thursday 13 October, defining the four pairings that will contest the last four available places in Poland-Ukraine.
Euro 2012 Final Draw
The draw for the qualifying play-off matches for UEFA EURO 2012 will take place from 13.00CET on Thursday 13 October at the Sheraton Hotel in Krakow, Poland.
The draw ceremony will be conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and former Poland forward Zbigniew Boniek, one of the final tournament ambassadors.
While the nine qualifying group winners and the best runner-up qualify directly for the finals in Poland and Ukraine, the eight remaining runners-up will participate in the play-offs.
These eight sides will be divided in two pots containing four seeded and four unseeded teams respectively, in accordance with the national team coefficients established at the conclusion of the group stage.The draw will define the four pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. The first leg will be played on 11 and 12 November, and the return legs on 15 November.
Euro 2012 Qualifying play-offs drawing resultEuro 2012 Final Draw
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