Christian Vieri scored in the 17th minute Wednesday night to lead Italy over Germany 1-0 in an exhibition game.
At Stuttgart, Vieri scored after splitting the defense during a first half dominated by the visiting Italians. It was Italy's first win over Germany in 11 years,
There were more than 20 exhibition games across Europe. England beat Croatia 3-1, the Netherlands tied Belgium 1-1, defending European champion France beat Switzerland 2-0. Israel defeated Russia 2-1, and Argentina defeated Uruguay 3-2.
In qualifiers for next year's European Championship, Iceland (4-2) won 2-1 at Faeroe Islands (0-5-1) in Group Five and Serbia-Montenegro (2-2) won 1-0 over visiting Wales (4-1) in Group Nine.
At Ipswich, England, David Beckham, Michael Owen and Frank Lampard scored as England won its sixth straight game. Beckham, playing his first game in England since leaving Manchester United for Spain's Real Madrid, converted a penalty kick to open the scoring.
At Brussels, Roy Makaay scored the equalizer in a game that saw Belgium and the Netherlands reduced to 10 players because of red cards. Wesley Sonck made it 1-0 for Belgium with a header in the 39th minute.
At Geneva, Sylvain Wiltord and Steve Marlet scored for France against Switzerland.
At Moscow, Avi Nimini scored in the first half and Piniflex Balali added a goal late in the second as Israel beat Russia.
At Florence, Italy, Walter Samuel and Andres D'Alessandro scored in the last five minutes to give Argentina the win over Uruguay.
Armenia's home game against Turkmenistan was called off because the visitor failed to show up.
Armenia had declined offers from Jordan and Portugal because of the planned Turkmenistan game, said Albert Minasian, executive director of the Armenian Soccer Federation. The would-be visitor sent a letter saying the players couldn't get visas in time for the game in Yerevan, and officials were unable to get a direct flight.
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