International football round up

The Three Lions of England defeated San Marino by 5-0 at the Wembley stadium on Friday night. Roy Hodgson's men were captained by Wayne Rooney in the absence of Steven Gerrard and Franc Lampard who missed the match due to suspension and injury respectively. Rooney and Danny Welbeck scored a brace each , while Alex Oxlade Chamberlain of Arsenal added the fifth goal. Rooney put up a spectacular show to justify the confidence of his manager who named him as the captain for the day. Meanwhile,Theo Walcott will remain in hospital for further check up. The Arsenal winger was badly injured on the chest after just 6 minutes of action.

In Dublin, it was a total nightmare for Geovanni Trapatoni's men. The Irish were beaten 6-1 at home by a rampaging German team that was led by veteran Miroslav Klose. Marco Reus and Toni Kroos scored a brace each while Mesut Ozil and Klose scored a goal each. The Irish team started very well, but they lost the midfield battle and that gave the Germans a lot of space to operate.

Reigning World champions defeated Belarus by four goals to nil in Minsk. Barcelona attacker, Pedro Rodriguez was the star player of the day. He scored a brilliant hat trick and also provided an assist for Jordi Alba in the first half of the match. The 'La Furia Roja' have now played 47 World cup qualifiers without a defeat. Their last World cup qualifier ended in a 1-0 win over Georgia.

In Amsterdam,Netherlands rolled over Andorra by 3-0. The 'Orange' men appeared to have put the disappointment of Euro 2012 behind them, as they now have six points from two games.

In Moscow, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score a goal as Portugal went down by a lone goal. The Russia are now on top of their group.

In Bogota, Colombia defeated Paraguay by two goals to nil while Ecuador scored thrice against Chile. The Chileans managed to score a goal.
France suffered a 1-0 defeat to Japan in international friendly. The Blues were beaten by Shinji Kagawa's 89th minute strike at the Stade de France in Paris.