Romania thrash Germany

Germany's Paul Freier cannot believe it as another goal goes in

Germany suffered an embarrassing blow to their Euro 2004 preparations as they slumped to a 5-1 defeat against Romania in Bucharest.

A weakened German side conceded goals from Mihaita Plesan, Razvan Rat, Ionel Danciulescu (two) and Gabriel Caramarin before Philipp Lahm replied late on.

It was Germany's heaviest defeat since the 5-1 thrashing by England in 2001.

Captain Oliver Kahn said: "There is no excuse for this. We let ourselves be slaughtered. It was humiliating."

Germany coach Rudi Voeller said: "I felt worse after the loss to England, but it still hurts.

"There is no excuse, although we'll probably never play again with this line-up.

"We made errors that made us look like amateurs and we were heavily punished.

Anyone in Europe looking at this result will think it is a printing error Franz Beckenbauer on Germany's defeat

"But we'll put it behind us, just like we put the England defeat behind us and went on to play a good World Cup."

San Marino recorded their first ever international victory after 14 years of trying, when they beat Liechtenstein 1-0.

The smallest independent country in Europe won thanks to a fifth-minute goal by their only professional player, Andy Selva.

The striker, who plays for Ferrara in Italy's Serie C1, said: "I'm delighted to have scored the winner. It's an historic goal for San Marino and also for me."

In the evening's most attractive fixture, Italy and Spain played out a 1-1 draw in Genoa.

Fernando Torres put Spain ahead early in the second half, but Christain Vieri levelled minutes later.

Roberto Baggio was cheered every time he touched the ball in a game billed as his farewell match for Italy.

Of the 16 Euro 2004 qualifiers, France and England were the only teams not in action.

Euro 2004 hosts Portugal had to rely on a stoppage time leveller from striker Nuno Gomes to earn a 2-2 draw against Sweden.

Kim Kallstrom's opener for the Swedes had been cancelled out by Pauleta while Rui Jorge scored an own goal as the visitors looked like netting a win.

Switzerland and Croatia, who have been drawn against them in Group B, both won.

Switzerland fell behind to a Zlatko Zahovic goal against Slovenia in Geneva, but strikes from Fabio Celestini and Hakan Yakin sealed a 2-1 win.

Ivica Klasnic headed home his first international goal as Croatia beat Macedonia 1-0.

The Czech Republic suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat at home to Japan.

A goal from Tatsuhiko Kubo condemned a strong Czech line-up to their second loss in a row, having previously been unbeaten for 20 games.

The Netherlands, drawn against both Germany and the Czech Republic in Portugal, scored four second-half goals as they cruised to a 4-0 win over Greece.

Roy Makaay, Boudewijn Zenden, John Heitinga and Pierre van Hooijdonk were all on target.

Viktor Onopko equalled Russia's appearance record, winning his 112th cap, but his side were beaten 3-2 in Norway.

Martin Andresen, Sigurd Rushfeldt and Jan Gunnar Solli scored for Norway, with late replies from Vladislav Radimov and Dmitry Kirichenko.

Bulgaria, who will be in Group C with Sweden, Italy and Denmark. completed a 3-0 win over Cameroon in Bucharest.

Dimitar Berbatov scored twice and Zdravko Lazarov was also on target.

Report: Poland 0-0 Rep of Ire

Poland were held to a 0-0 draw by the Republic of Ireland in Bydgoszcz.

Report: Denmark 1-0 Scotland

A 61st-minute goal from Ebbe Sand gave Denmark a 1-0 victory over Scotland in Copenhagen.

Surprise Euro 2004 qualifiers Latvia missed a string of chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Iceland.

Latvia's injury-plagued Southampton Striker Marian Pahars lasted just over 10 minutes before limping off and is a doubt for the finals in Portugal.

A 75th-minute strike from Ronaldinho put the gloss on a 4-1 victory for Brazil against Hungary in Budapest.

Report: NI 1-1 Serbia & M

Serbia-Montenegro ended a run of seven defeats in friendlies with a 1-1 draw against Northern Ireland.

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Wednesday's friendly results:

Armenia 1-0 Turkmenistan
Austria 4-1 Luxembourg
Belarus 1-0 Lithuania
Belgium 2-3 Turkey
Bosnia 1-0 Finland
Bulgaria 3-0 Cameroon
China 1-0 Algeria
Czech Republic 0-1 Japan
Denmark 1-0 Scotland
Estonia 1-1 Albania
Hungary 1-4 Brazil
Israel 1-1 Moldova
Italy 1-1 Spain
Ivory Coast 4-2 Guinea
Kazakhstan 2-3 Azerbaijan
Latvia 0-0 Iceland
Macedonia 0-1 Croatia
Morocco 0-1 Argentina
N Ireland 1-1 Serbia & Montenegro
Netherlands 4-0 Greece
Norway 3-2 Russia
Poland 0-0 Ireland
Portugal 2-2 Sweden
Romania 5-1 Germany
San Marino 1-0 Liechtenstein
South Korea 0-0 Paraguay
Switzerland 2-1 Slovenia
Tunisia 1-0 Mali
Ukraine 1-1 Slovakia