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Austria 3 1
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Savo Milosevic marked his farewell game for Serbia with two goals in the 6-1 thumping of Bulgaria.

The former Aston Villa man also missed two penalties in the first half as Serbia ran riot.

Milan Jovanovic gave Serbia the lead after just eight minutes, but Blagoy Georgiev drew Bulgaria level on 19 minutes with a superb free-kick.

Jovanovic restored Serbia's lead on 27 minutes before Milosevic (28, 34) grabbed a quick-fire brace to put the game beyond Bulgaria.

Second half goals from Nenad Milijas (57) and Danko Lazovic (67) completed the rout.

Slovakia proved too strong for minnows Liechtenstein running out 4-0 winners in Zilina.

Marek Hamsik (43, 72) helped himself to two goals, while further strikes from Robert Vittek (75) and Robert Jez (90) eased Slovakia to victory

Iceland secured a confidence-boosting success on Wednesday as they overcame Malta in friendly competition.

Olafur Johannesson's men have endured a difficult start to their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign and will be delighted to get back to winning ways.

Bolton striker Heidar Helguson, who is yet to find the target for the Trotters domestically this season, grabbed the only goal of the game on 66 minutes to end Malta resistance in Corradino.

Iceland's next fixture is against Scotland on 1st April, when they will be hoping to move above George Burley's men in qualifying Group Nine and take a positive step on the road to South Africa.

Israel saw victory against Ivory Coast snatched from their grasp in the closing stages of their 2-2 draw.

Elyaniv Barada gave the Europeans the lead inside 18 minutes, before Omer Golan doubled their advantage six minutes later.

An own goal from Avi Strool (33) gave the Elephants hope before the break, and Boubacar Sanogo then completed the comeback when he levelled matters five minutes from time.

Cyprus, who occupy World Cup qualifying Group Eight alongside Republic of Ireland, proved too strong for England's Group Six rivals Belarus.

Dimitris Christofi opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark and Andreas Avraam pushed Cyprus further ahead three minutes after the interval.

Leonid Kovel halved Belarus' deficit on 55 minutes, but they were ultimately unable to find an equaliser.

Norway endured a night to forget as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat away at Ukraine.

Yevhen Seleznyov's 26th minute penalty proved to be the difference in a game which also saw the Norwegians go down to 10-men after former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise was dismissed four minutes into the second half.

Romania came from behind to see off plucky Georgia in Bucharest.

Otar Martsvaladze had fired the visitors in front on 11 minutes, but they failed to hang onto that lead.

Ciprian Marica pulled the sides level on 62 minutes and Dorin Goin snatched a winner eight minutes later.

Slovenia and Bosnia produced a seven-goal thriller, with Slovenia eventually coming out on top 4-3.

Vedad Ibisevic broke the deadlock after only two minutes, before a Zvjezdan Misimovic penalty on 13 minutes put Matjez Kek's side firmly in command.

West Brom midfielder Robert Koren pulled one back for Slovenia on 27 minutes, but Bosnia re-established their three goal lead when Edin Dzeko pounced on 53 minutes.

Ibisevic then grabbed his second of the game 10 minutes later, making a late Slovenia fightback obsolete.

Milivoje Novakovic scored from the spot on 64 minutes and bagged a second 15 minutes from time, but the night would ultimately end in frustration for the the hosts.

Switzerland had Reto Ziegler to thank for handing them a narrow 1-0 win over Finland.

The former Tottenham and Wigan defender struck with six minutes remaining to settle the contest.

Mario Mutsch grabbed his first international goal as Luxembourg claimed a promising 1-1 draw with Belgium.

The FC Aarau midfielder snatched an equaliser two minutes into the second half, cancelling out Kevin Mirallas' 23rd minute opener.

Meanwhile, Middlesbrough striker Tuncay Sanli was the star of the show in Turkey's 4-2 victory over Austria.

The Austrians took a 28th minute lead through Andreas Holzl in Vienna but were pegged back by Mehmet Aurelio (38) and two goals from Tuncay (41 & 47).

Holzl grabbed another on 53 minutes, but Tuncay rounded off the scoring when he completed his hat-trick on 62 minutes.

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