Switzerland
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Charisteas: Penalty for Greece
Israel held Switzerland, Greece beat Luxembourg and Latvia saw off Moldova in Group 2's opening round of matches.
Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland opened up a 2-0 lead over Israel only to be pegged back to 2-2.
Hakan Yakin grabbed Switzerland's opener on the stroke of half-time before Blaise N'Kufo found the target in the 56th minute.
Yossi Benayoun reduced Israel's arrears on 73 minutes and the home side rescued a point in the final minute when Ben Sahar struck.
Greece bounced back from their miserable Euro 2008 experience with a comfortable 3-0 victory in Luxembourg.
Vassilios Torosidis struck first for Greece after 38 minutes and Theofanis Gekas made it 2-0 just before half-time.
Angelos Charisteas completed a straightforward win with a penalty 14 minutes from time.
Latvia made the perfect start to their campaign as they won 2-1 away in Moldova.
The damage was done in the first half as Girts Karlsons broke the deadlock after eight minutes and Vitalis Astafjevs added a second on 22 minutes.
Moldova managed to pull one back through Sergei Alexeev in the 79th minute but they could not force an equaliser.
