Two late goals helped France bounce back from a woeful start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win in Bosnia on Tuesday night.

Argentina handed Spain only their third defeat since 2006 after putting the reigning world and European champions to the sword early on in their friendly at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.

Robbie Keane fired himself back on to the goal trail as the Republic of Ireland eased past Andorra to complete a perfect start to their Euro 2012 campaign.

Alberto Gilardino ended his 11-month goalscoring drought for Italy in a 5-0 European qualifying triumph over the Faroe Islands.

Croatia and Greece played out a goalless stalemate in their European Championship qualifier in Zagreb.

Wayne Rooney put his personal problems to one side just as he promised and fired England on their way to a Euro 2012 qualifying win over 10-man Switzerland.

A dramatic injury-time winner from Stephen McManus saved boss Craig Levein from a disastrous competitive home debut and prevented Scotland's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign taking a severe blow against Liechtenstein at Hampden.

Arsène Wenger has received some mixed injury news with Samir Nasri recovering well from knee surgery but Robin van Persie set to be out of action until mid‑October with an ankle injury.