World Cup 2014 qualifiers: Friday night's matches - in pictures

Russia 1-0 Portugal The home side took the lead after just six minutes courtesy of Aleksandr Kerzhakov's tidy finish from the edge of the box Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Portugal piled on the pressure in the second half in an attempt to salvage a point but couldn't find their way through a faultless Russian defence. That makes it three wins out of three for the home side Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Finland 1-1 Georgia Teemu Pukki and Alexander Ring, right, of Finland look on as George's David Tasrgamadze lays the ball back down the line. Kashia opened the scoring for the visitors just before the hour mark, but only held the lead for three minutes before Hamalainen notched for Finland Photograph: Mauri Ratilainen/EPA

Czech Republic 3-1 Malta The home side's David Limberski acrobatically attempts to win the ball from Shaun Bajada. The Czechs took the lead when Gebre Selassie scored after 34 minutes. Muscat equalised for Malta four minutes later, but the home side took command in the second half as Pekhart and Rezek scored in the 51st and 67th minutes Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

Faroe Islands 1-2 Sweden The Swedes got a scare just before the hour mark when Baldvinsson notched for the minnows and it looked like an upset might be on the cards. Kacaniklic calmed Swedish nerves when he equalised eight minutes later. Normal service resumed 10 minutes later when Zlatan Ibrahimovic, seen here hurdling over Odmar Faeroe, scored Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Kazakhstan 0-0 Austria Austria's Sebastian Proedl, right, goes up for a header with Kazakhstan's Tanat Nusserbayev Photograph: Robert Jaeger/EPA

Armania 1-3 Italy A first half penalty from Andrea Pirlo and second-half headers from Daniele De Rossi and Pablo Osvaldo, above, earned the Azzurri a hard-fought victory in Yerevan Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Albania 1-2 Iceland The heavy rain in Tirana meant that the start of the second was delayed by fifteen minutes Photograph: Armando Babani/EPA

With the scores level at half-time Iceland ramped up the pressure in the second half and with just nine minutes to go Gylfi Sigurdsson, right, pounced to score the winner Photograph: Armando Babani/EPA

Turkey 0-1 Romania A tidy first-half finish from Gheorghe Grozav sealed Romania's third victory in as many FIFA World Cup qualifying Group D matches Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Liechtenstein 0-2 Lithuania The visitors got their first victory in qualifying Group G thanks to two fine second-half goals from striker Edgaras Česnauskis Photograph: Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters

Moldova 0-0 Ukraine The visitors squandered a host of opportunities as they were held to a surprising goalless draw by Group H rivals Moldova Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

Belarus 0-4 Spain It wasn't so much as one sided but a one playered match in Minsk as Pedro Rodriguez set up Jordi Alba to open the scoring before weighing in with his first professional hat-trick Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images

Bulgaria 1-1 Denmark Bulgaria's Iliya Milanov, right, jumps for the ball with Denmark's Andreas Cornelius. Bulagria's Dimitar Rangelov opened the scoring in the 7th minute when he nodded home from close range. Then following Ivan's Bandalovki's sending off, ten-man Bulgaria survived more than an hour of constant pressure from Denmark to keep intact their unbeaten record Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Slovakia 2-1 Latvia Early goals from Marek Hamšík and Marek Sapara ensured Māris Verpakovskis's late penalty was not enough to prevent the home team earning three more points Photograph: Peter Hudec/EPA

Switzerland 1-1 Norway Mario Gavranović looked to have earned the hosts a third straight win with a 79th-minute opener, but Norway struck back through Brede Hangeland, seen above right vieing with Switzerland's midfielder Eren Derdiyok Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Macedonia 1-2 Croatia After going behind to an early Ibraimi goal, Croatia came back strongly in the second half and goals by Corluka and Vufkojevics gave the visitors' victory Photograph: Boris Grdanoski/AP

Serbia 0-3 Belgium The homeside dominated early on but Christian Benteke's goal turned things on their head. Mirallas came off the substitutes' bench to complete the scoring in injury time
Photograph: Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images

Estonia 0-1 Hungary Hungary's Roland Juhasz, right, and Balazs Dzsudzsak, second right, challenge for the ball with Estonia's Henrik Ojamaa Photograph: Liis Treimann/AP

Netherlands 3-0 Andorra Not only was Rafael Van der Vaart, right celebrating his 100th cap but he was also celebrating with fellow goal-scorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar after he opened the scoring Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Greece 0-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina Greece's Giorgos Samaras reacts after another chance goes begging Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Slovenia 2-1 Cyprus Tim Matavz notched both of Slovenia's goals either side of half-time Photograph: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters

Republic of Ireland 1-6 Germany Marco Reus' first-half double set Joachim Löw's side on their way to an emphatic win in Dublin that made it 13 consecutive qualfying victories. Here's Miroslav Klose slotting home Germany's fourth Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Wales 2-1 Scotland Gareth Bale scored twice in the last nine minutes as Chris Coleman's charges came from a goal down to get off the mark in dramatic fashion in Group A. The Scots will feel hard done by as they had a perfectly good goal disallowed in the last part of the game and then Shaun Maloney was harshly adjudged to have clipped Bale as he burst into the box. The Welshman got up and struck home the ball from the penalty spot to equalise. Then minutes later he collected the ball deep, charged forward unchallenged and fired an unstoppable shot into the top right corner Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

England 5-0 San Marino Stand-in captain Wayne Rooney opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Danny Welbeck (2), Rooney again and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain gave England a decisive victory over the joint worst team in the world. Click here to see more of Tom Jenkins' images from the match Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Luxembourg 0-6 Israel Tomer Hemed scored a hat-trick at the Josy Barthel Stadium as the visitors strolled to their first win in Group F in impressive fashion. Here's a marauding Bebras Natchois heading into Luxembourg te for the ball Photograph: Yves Logghe/AP