Dutch, Germans flop; Spain wins
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May 28, 2012, Monday
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With the European Championship less than two weeks away, Spain showed it is in good shape to defend the title by beating Serbia 2-0 in its first warmup game on Saturday.
It wasn't such a successful night for two more of the continent's heavyweight sides, however, with a Germany team missing its Bayern Munich stars losing 3-5 in Switzerland and the Netherlands losing 1-2 to Bulgaria.
Germany and the Netherlands are in the same Euro 2012 group, along with Portugal, which drew 0-0 with Macedonia, and Denmark, which was beaten 1-3 by Brazil.
But Roy Hodgson began his reign as England manager with a 1-0 victory at Norway.
The friendlies give Euro 2012 contenders a chance to assess their lineups just two weeks before the tournament starts in Poland and Ukraine.
Adrian Lopez made a case for starting up front for the Spanish at the Euros in place of the injured David Villa by opening the scoring in the 64th minute on his international debut, before earning the penalty that was converted by Santi Cazorla 16 minutes from time.
Adrian was one of six players introduced after the break by coach Vicente del Bosque, who was without his star names from Barcelona, and they helped turn the game the world champion's way in St Gallen, Switzerland.
Euro squad
Adrian, the Atletico Madrid striker, however, couldn't make the Euro squad announced yesterday, with Del Bosque opting for Fernando Torres, Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Negredo.
Germany rested its Bayern players who were involved in the loss to Chelsea in last weekend's Champions League final and was made to pay as Eren Derdiyok scored a hat trick in Basel.
Stephan Lichtsteiner and Admir Mehmedi also scored for Switzerland, which failed to qualify for next month's tournament, while Mats Hummels, Andre Schuerrle and substitute Marco Reus were the scorers for Germany.
In Amsterdam, World Cup runner-up the Netherlands lacked its trademark fluency. Robin van Persie gave the Netherlands the lead on the stroke of halftime for his 26th international goal.
Bulgaria hit back shortly after the break through an Ivelin Popov penalty after Rafael van der Vaart was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area.
And substitute Ilian Micanski scored the winning header in injury time for Bulgaria.
In Oslo, Ashley Young scored England's only goal in the 9th after combining with Andy Carroll.
It wasn't such a successful night for two more of the continent's heavyweight sides, however, with a Germany team missing its Bayern Munich stars losing 3-5 in Switzerland and the Netherlands losing 1-2 to Bulgaria.
Germany and the Netherlands are in the same Euro 2012 group, along with Portugal, which drew 0-0 with Macedonia, and Denmark, which was beaten 1-3 by Brazil.
But Roy Hodgson began his reign as England manager with a 1-0 victory at Norway.
The friendlies give Euro 2012 contenders a chance to assess their lineups just two weeks before the tournament starts in Poland and Ukraine.
Adrian Lopez made a case for starting up front for the Spanish at the Euros in place of the injured David Villa by opening the scoring in the 64th minute on his international debut, before earning the penalty that was converted by Santi Cazorla 16 minutes from time.
Adrian was one of six players introduced after the break by coach Vicente del Bosque, who was without his star names from Barcelona, and they helped turn the game the world champion's way in St Gallen, Switzerland.
Euro squad
Adrian, the Atletico Madrid striker, however, couldn't make the Euro squad announced yesterday, with Del Bosque opting for Fernando Torres, Fernando Llorente and Alvaro Negredo.
Germany rested its Bayern players who were involved in the loss to Chelsea in last weekend's Champions League final and was made to pay as Eren Derdiyok scored a hat trick in Basel.
Stephan Lichtsteiner and Admir Mehmedi also scored for Switzerland, which failed to qualify for next month's tournament, while Mats Hummels, Andre Schuerrle and substitute Marco Reus were the scorers for Germany.
In Amsterdam, World Cup runner-up the Netherlands lacked its trademark fluency. Robin van Persie gave the Netherlands the lead on the stroke of halftime for his 26th international goal.
Bulgaria hit back shortly after the break through an Ivelin Popov penalty after Rafael van der Vaart was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area.
And substitute Ilian Micanski scored the winning header in injury time for Bulgaria.
In Oslo, Ashley Young scored England's only goal in the 9th after combining with Andy Carroll.
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