The opening matches of qualifying for the European Championship brought a couple of surprises - with France losing at home to Belarus and Portugal being held to a dramatic 4-4 draw by Cyprus. Round-up of all of Friday's matches
Cyrpus twice led in the first-half at Guimaraes - through Efstathios Aloneftis and Michael Constaninou - but were pegged back each time, through Hugo Almeida and Raul Meireles.
Danny and Manuel Fernandes looked to have Portugal on course for a home win to start their campaign, but Yiannis Okkas ensured a nervy finish and the Cypriots levelled through Andreas Avraam after 88 minutes.
It is still early days for Portugal, but the result meant Norway already have a small gap at the top of Group H thanks to their 2-1 win over Iceland in Reykavik.
While the result is unwelcome news for the Portugal coach Carlos Quieroz, who was given a six-month suspension earlier this week, at least he can console himself with the fact he is not Laurent Blanc.
His first competitive game in charge of France ended in a 1-0 home loss in Group D.
Sergey Kisliak, on as a second-half substitute, scored the winning goal after 86 minutes to ensure Les Bleus were booed off in their first match on home soil after their embarrassing World Cup.
The group has a topsy-turvy look, with Bosnia-Herzegovina level with Belraus on three points after they defeated Luxembourg 3-0. Romania and Albania drew 1-1.
Holland were never tested as they secured early bragging rights in Group E with a 5-0 win over San Marino.
Sweden were 2-0 victors over Hungary, while Moldova claimed a surprise 2-0 victory over Finland in Chisinau.
Finland, who had centre-back Sami Hyypia sent-off, will face an uphill battle to qualify if they lose again when they face the Dutch on Tuesday.
Italy had to come from behind to beat Estonia 2-1 in Tallinn, having trailed at half-time in their Group C opener.
It is a measure of how badly the Azzurri have played recently that this was their first win of the calendar year.
Northern Ireland recorded an impressive 1-0 win in Slovenia to start their campaign in style, while Serbia secured a 3-0 success in the Faroe Islands.
A late goal from Keith Fahey ensured the Republic of Ireland opened their Group B campaign with a win in Albania - although they had to work hard for their 1-0 success.
Slovakia secured a 1-0 home success over Macedonia, while Russia were 2-0 victors over Andorra.
Two goals from Fernando Torres helped Spain to a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein in Group I.
They are two points ahead of Scotland and Lithuania, who played out a goalless draw in Kaunas.
Turkey top Group A after cruising to a 3-0 victory in Kazakhstan, while a goal from Miroslav Klose gave Germany a 1-0 win over Belgium in Brussels to ensure they also started with a win.
Croatia took the early advantage in Group F thanks to a 3-0 win over Latvia in Riga.
They are ahead of Israel - who had defeated Malta 3-1 in the first match of qualifying on Friday night, thanks to a hat-trick from the Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun - while Greece and Georgia drew 1-1.
