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WC QUALIFYING WRAP: England held, Spain edge Georgia as Serbia hammer Wales

The second night of 2014 UEFA World Cup qualifying took place on Tuesday with a number of interesting results yet again.

In London, England were held to a 1-1 draw by an impressive Ukraine outfit who took the lead through Evgeni Konoplianka before half-time. Frank Lampard managed to equalise with a late penalty to give the Three Lions a share of the points.

World Champions Spain were tested by Georgia in Tbilisi with Roberto Soldado scoring an 86th minute goal in the 1-0 win whilst Serbia crushed Wales 6-1 in Group A thanks to goals from Premier League stars Aleksandar Kolarov and Branislav Ivanovic.

Other notable scores included Italy's 2-0 home win over Malta, Germany's 2-1 victory in Austria and Holland's 4-1 domination of Hungary.

2014 World Cup qualification scores - UEFA

Group ASerbia: 6 (Kolarov 16', Tosic 24', Duricic 39', Tadic 55', Ivanovic 80', Sulejmani 89') Wales: 1 (Bale 31')

Belgium: 1 (Gillet 45') Croatia: 1 (Perisic 6')

Scotland: 1 (Miller 43') Macedonia: 1 (Noveski 11')

Group BBulgaria: 1 (Manolev 44') Armenia: 0

Italy: 2 (Destro 5', Peluso 90') Malta: 0

Group CSweden: 2 (Elm 38', Berg 90') Kazakhstan: 0

Austria: 1 (Junuzovic 57') Germany: 2 (Reus 44', Ozil (p) 52')

Group DRomania: 4 (Torje 29', Lazar 44', Garman 90', Maxim 90') Andorra: 0

Turkey: 3 (Emre 44', Bulut 60', Inan 75') Estonia: 0

Hungary: 1 Holland: 4 (Lens 3'/53', Martins Indi 19', Huntelaar 74')

Group ECyprus: 1 (Makrides 57') Iceland: 0

Norway: 2 (Henriksen 27', JA Riise (p) 90') Slovenia: (Suler 17')

Switzerland: 2 (Shaqiri 22', Inler (p) 69') Albania: 0

Group F Israel: 0 Russia: 4 (Kerzhakov 6'/64', Kokorin 18', Fayzulin 77')

Northern Ireland: 1 (Shiels 14') Luxembourg: 1 (Da Mota 86')

Portugal: 3 (Varela 63', Postiga 85', Alves 88') Azerbaijan: 0

Group GBosnia: 4 (Misimovic (p) 13'/54', Pjanic 44', Dzeko 90') Latvia: 1 (Gorkss 5')

Slovakia: 2 (Sapara 36', Jakubko 78') Liechtenstein: 0

Greece: 2 (Ninis 56', Mitroglou 72') Lithuania: 0

Group H San Marino: 0 Montenegro: 6 (Djordjevic 25', Beciraj 26'/52', Zverotic 69', Delibasic 78'/82')

Poland: 2 (Blaszczykowski (p) 33', Wawrzyniak 81') Moldova: 0

England: 1 (Lampard (p) 87') Ukraine: 1 (Konoplianka 39')

Group I Georgia: 0 Spain: 1 (Roberto Soldado 86')

France: 3 (Capoue 49', Jallet 68', Ribery 80') Belarus: 1 (Putsila 72')

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