World Cup winner Spain, England and the Netherlands easily won to open qualifying for soccer’s 2012 European Championship.
Fernando Torres scored two goals as Spain began defense of its European title with a 4-0 victory in Liechtenstein. Klass- Jan Huntelaar scored a hat trick as World Cup runnerup Netherlands routed San Marino 5-0, while Jermaine Defoe scored three goals to lead England past Bulgaria 4-0 in London. Germany won 1-0 at Belgium and Italy rallied for two second-half goals to win 2-1 in Estonia. Sergey Kisliak’s goal in the 86th minute gave Belarus a 1-0 win over France in Paris and Andreas Avraam scored in the final minute as Cyprus tied 4-4 in Portugal.
The second round of qualifying matches will be played Sept. 7.
For more: Spain, Netherlands, England Easily Win to Open Qualifying for Euro 2012 - Bloomberg
Fernando Torres scored two goals as Spain began defense of its European title with a 4-0 victory in Liechtenstein. Klass- Jan Huntelaar scored a hat trick as World Cup runnerup Netherlands routed San Marino 5-0, while Jermaine Defoe scored three goals to lead England past Bulgaria 4-0 in London. Germany won 1-0 at Belgium and Italy rallied for two second-half goals to win 2-1 in Estonia. Sergey Kisliak’s goal in the 86th minute gave Belarus a 1-0 win over France in Paris and Andreas Avraam scored in the final minute as Cyprus tied 4-4 in Portugal.
The second round of qualifying matches will be played Sept. 7.
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