England beat Northern Ireland 4-0. Carroll was sub for N.I. Ferdinand, Gary Neville and Rooney played for England. Rooney was 'marauding' according to the Observer.
Giggs was the Wales captain as they lost 0-2 to Austria in Cardiff. It was his 50th cap.
Eire drew 1-1 with Israel. O'Shea and Keane played for the full 90 minutes. Israel got an equaliser in the last minute.
Holland beat Romania 2-0 in Bucharest. RVN played but did not score. Robben was taken off injured after 21 minutes
Argentina beat Bolivia 2-1 at altitude. Argentina have always found La Paz hard going and had not won there since 1973. Heinze is in the squad but did not feature yesterday.
Portugal beat Canada 4-1 in Barcelos. Ronaldo did not play.