Czechs crush Turkey - tonight's internationals

Four first-half goals saw the Czech Republic inflict a crushing 4-0 defeat on Turkey in one of tonight's international matches.

The victory was made in the Westfalenstadion and Anfield with Borussia Dortmund’s Tomas Rosicky opening the scoring after just two minutes of the friendly before his club mate Jan Koller added a second.

Liverpool midfielder Vladimir Smicer made it 3-0 before his fellow Merseysider Milan Baros wrapped up the win with a goal in the 37th minute.

Slovakia, another of England’s qualification rivals, battled to a 2-2 draw against Greece.

Middlesbrough’s Szilard Nemeth netted both goals for the home side in Zilina.

Germany, who face Scotland in a qualifier at Hampden in June, edged out Serbia and Montenegro thanks to a Sebastian Kehl goal in the 59th minute.

Lithuania, conquerors of Scotland earlier this month, went down 1-0 to Romania thanks to a 63rd-minute chip from Marius Bratu.

Arsenal’s Thierry Henry scored twice and fellow Gunner Robert Pires also netted as France cruised to a 5-0 win over Egypt.

Auxerre’s Djibril Cisse and Olivier Kapo made up the rest of the scoresheet for Les Bleus.

Italy came from behind to beat Switzerland 2-1 with Cristiano Zanetti netting the winner for the Azzurri.

Sabrosa Simao scored the equaliser for Euro 2004 hosts Portugal against Holland, who took the lead through Patrick Kluivert in the first half.

Charlton striker Jonatan Johansson, Chelsea’s Mikael Forssell – currently on loan at Borussia Monchengladbach – and former Liverpool man Jari Litmanen were all on target as Finland beat Nordic rivals Iceland 3-0.

Everton’s Thomas Gravesen netted the only goal of the game as Denmark bounced back from their 2-0 reverse to Bosnia to beat Ukraine 1-0.

Goals from Javier Saviola, Juan Roman Riquelme and Pablo Aimar helped Argentina to a 3-1 win in Libya.

In one of the few competitive matches of the night, Georgia hauled themselves back into contention for a place in the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal – and did the Republic of Ireland a favour – with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Russia in Tbilisi.

Meanwhile, Latvia went three points clear at the top of Group Four with a 3-0 defeat of San Marino.