Romania vs Croatia Highlights: Friendly Highlights

Croatia striker Eduardo da Silva announced his return to top-level soccer after a year-long absence by setting up Niko Kranjcar’s winner that secured a 2-1 victory over Romania in their friendly on Wednesday.

Eduardo, who suffered a horrific leg injury last February while playing for his club Arsenal, came on just before the hour and from his incisive pass inside the penalty area Kranjcar shot home a 75th-minute winner.

Highlights:

Romania 1 – 0 Croatia

Romania 1 – 1 Croatia

Romania 1 – 2 Croatia

Turkey vs Ivory Coast Highlights: International Friendly Highlights

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba marked his return to international action with a late strike which earned Ivory Coast a 1-1 draw against Turkey in a friendly on Wednesday.

Turkey striker Gokhan Unal had put the home side ahead in the 11th minute, firing in a powerful shot from the edge of the area into the top right corner of the goal.

Drogba, back on the team after more than a year-long absence, and his Ivory Coast team mates failed to create a significant threat in the early stages of the match, played in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.

Highlights:
Turkey 1 – 0 Ivory Coast

Turkey 1 – 1 Ivory Coast

France vs Argentina Highlights: International Friendly Highlights

Diego Maradona maintained his unbeaten run as Argentina coach thanks to goals by Jonas Gutierrez and Lionel Messi in a high profile friendly against France in Marseille.

Newcastle midfielder Gutierrez dragged a low shot home at the near post in the 41st-minute to put the Albicelestes ahead and the in-form Messi added gloss with a superb second seven minutes from time.

The result means Maradona has two wins from two matches as his country’s new coach, his first coming against Scotland in November, and he will hope his team can carry their form into their crucial World Cup qualifiers coming up.

France may count themselves unlucky to have got nothing from a high-quality and often prickly match, which was friendly in name but not in nature.

Les Bleus created a number of decent chances in the first half, winger Franck Ribery missing the best of them, but the twinkling feet of Messi constantly troubled them.

Highlights:

France 0-1 Argentina

France 0-2 Argentina

Spain vs England Highlights: International Friendly Highlights

David Beckham booked his place in history books on a night England will otherwise remember for being put firmly in their place by Euro 2008 winners Spain.

Beckham’s introduction as a second-half substitute allowed him to equal Bobby Moore’s record of 108 caps for an outfield player.But if the midfield maestro is to emulate Moore’s World Cup win in South Africa next year, England now know they have to cover a lot of ground as David Villa and Fernando Llorente condemned Fabio Capello to his second defeat in 11 games as Steve McClaren’s successor.

The evening was not without its encouraging aspects as Emile Heskey and Glen Johnson were among those who shone and Carlton Cole produced a late cameo.But with Xavi a class above anyone else on the pitch, Spain were simply too good and too effective in too many areas for the visitors.


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