Euro 2012 review: Late goals from Georgios Samaras and Theofanis Gekas helped Greece regain control of Euro 2012 Qualifying Group F with a tense 2-0 win over Croatia in Piraeus.
The Greeks started the night knowing a win was almost essential in their penultimate match in the group, with the Croatians enjoying a one-point lead.
Samaras struck in the 71st minute and Gekas added the second eight minutes later to leave the Greeks knowing a point in their final group game in Georgia next Tuesday will be enough. Latvia beat Malta 2-0 in the other Group F game thanks to goals from Aleksejs Visnjakovs and Artjoms Rudnevs .
Belgiumwrested control of the race for a play-off place in Group A with a 4-1 win over Kazakhstan in Brussels, while rivals Turkeywere sent crashing 3-1 by group winners Germanyin Istanbul.
Timmy Simons, Eden Hazard, Vincent Kompany and Vitaly Yevstigneev's late own goal gave Belgium a 4-0 lead, but in order to guarantee their play-off spot Georges Leekens' men must now win in Germany.
Turkey, who have a home game against Azerbaijan, went down to strikes from Mario Gomez and Thomas Muller. Hakan Balta pulled one back before Bastian Schweinsteiger settled matters with an 86th-minute penalty.
Belgium's win eliminated Austria, despite their 4-1 win in Azerbaijan.
Marc Janko's second-half brace and goals by Andreas Ivanschitz and Zlatko Junuzovic sealed Austria's success.
Hollandwere made to work harder than expected to extend their 100 per cent record to nine games in Group E, Klaas Jan Huntelaar scoring the only goal of the game in the 40th minute at home to group minnows Moldova.
Swedenguaranteed the runners-up slot and at least a play-off spot - they could yet go through automatically as best second-placed side - with a 2-1 win over Finlandin Helsinki, Sebastian Larsson's early strike setting the Swedes on their way and Martin Olsson adding a second before Joona Toivio's late consolation.
In Group D, Bosnia set up a winner-takes-all clash with Francein Paris after a 5-0 win over Luxembourg in Zenica, while the French cantered to an equally convincing 3-0 triumph against Albania.
Goals from Florent Malouda, Loic Remy and substitute Anthony Reveillere meant the French go into the final group fixture with a one-point advantage - but also with memories of plenty of previous last-gasp qualifying disappointments.
In the other Group D fixture, Romaniasaw their slim play-off hopes disappear in a disappointing 2-2 draw with Belarusin Bucharest.
Spainmaintained their 100 per cent record in Group I with Juan Mata and Xabi Alonso scoring in a 2-0 win over the Czech Republicin Prague, a win that keeps Scotland's slim play-off hopes alive.
The Scots know wins from their final two matches will guarantee second place - but their last match is against Spain in Alicante. The Czechs' final game is a trip to Lithuanianext week.
Branislav Ivanovic cancelled out Claudio Marchisio's early strike as Serbiasecured a potentially vital point in Group C with a 1-1 draw against Italyin Belgrade.
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