A quick summary of action around the UEFA group phase on WED 13 OCT 2004.
» Italy 04-03 Belarus: The Azzurri claimed top spot in Group 5, but a fiercely battling Belarussian side made it interesting as Maksim ROMASHCHENKO scored his second in the 89th minute to pull within one.
» Denmark 01-01 Turkey: Jesper GRØNKJÆR was sent off thirty minutes in, and short a man, Denmark blew their lead, Nihat KAHVECI equalising to keep Turkey within two points of Group 2 leaders the Ukraine.
» Northern Ireland 03-03 Austria: Stuart ELLIOTT equalised four minutes into stoppage time to salvage a wild draw for N Ireland in Group 6.
» Norway 03-00 Slovenia: Slovenia awoke from their dream win over Italy by crashing 3-0 to Norway; the two teams are now tied for second in Group 5.
» Luxembourg 00-04 Liechtenstein: Just four days after their first draw in a World Cup qualifier, Liechtenstein topped that by rolling to their first win in a qualifier. Franz BURGMEIER's two helped the tiny Alpine nation to a tie for fourth in Group 3.
» Andorra 01-00 Macedonia FYR: Andorra also celebrated their first qualifying win when Marc BERNAUS scored the winner in their Group 1 match with Macedonia FYR.
» Portugal 07-01 Russia: Cristiano RONALDO and PETIT both scored two in the Euro 2004 finalists' blowout of Group 3 cofavourites Russia.