CZECH REPUBLIC 5 CANADA 1: Ireland's opponents for Tuesday night's friendly international, Canada, were given a 5-1 drubbing by the Czech Republic with Karel Poborsky celebrating a record-equalling 90th appearance with a goal.
Borussia Dortmund striker Jan Koller proved a handful for the Canadian defence, creating several good chances before being fouled in the penalty area in the 26th minute. Udinese midfielder Marek Jankulovski converted the penalty.
Marek Heinz made it 2-0 in the 49th minute before Poborsky scored his seventh international goal in the 55th minute.
He then gave way to substitute Libor Sionko, who quickly put his mark on the match with a goal in the 63rd minute.
Rudolf Skacel made it 5-0 in the 82nd minute with his first international goal before Everton's Tomasz Radzinski grabbed a late consolation, slipping between two defenders then slotting the ball just inside the post.
FRANCE 3 GERMANY 0: France have started warming up for the defence of their European title in ideal fashion, a comprehensive victory over Germany in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday showing that they will be the team to beat in Portugal.
Fine playmaking by Zinedine Zidane was instrumental as but it was France's forwards who won the game, Thierry Henry scoring once and David Trezeguet twice.
The 1998 world champions also confirmed they were flexible with Gregory Coupet providing further evidence that he could replace Fabien Barthez in goal and Willy Sagnol looking strong on the right side of defence.
That spot is normally assigned to Lilian Thuram, whom Santini had moved to central defence to make up for the absence through injury of captain Marcel Desailly.
PORTUGAL 1 GREECE 1: Euro 2004 hosts Portugal were held to a 1-1 draw by Greece on Saturday, as the home side were unable to capitalise on a man advantage for the last hour.
Greece were reduced to 10 players after 30 minutes when midfielder Giorgos Karagounis was given a red card for using his hand to block a goal-bound effort from defender Jorge Andrade in the penalty area. Antonios Nikopolidis produced a brilliant double save from Luis Figo's subsequent spot kick before the visitors went on the stun the hosts early in the second half.
In the 47th minute, midfielder Vassilios Lakis headed home a cross from fellow half-time substitute Stylianos Venetidis to give Greece an unexpected lead.
However, Portugal striker Pauleta Resendes restored parity 13 minutes later when he rifled home a pass from winger Simao Sabrosa.
The two sides may meet again in the Euro 2000 finals being after Greece finished ahead of Spain in Group Six to book an automatic qualifying spot for the tournament.
ITALY v ROMANIA: A well taken second-half goal from Marco Di Vaio gave Italy a 1-0 win over Romania in Ancona last night.
Francesco Totti lofted a ball over the Romanian defence and Di Vaio took it first time to beat Romania keeper Bogdan Lobont in the 58th minute. The result was positive for Italy, who had lost 3-1 to Poland on Wednesday.
