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Croatia made a flying start to Euro 2012 after pouncing on sloppy defending to beat Ireland 3-1 in their Group C opener yesterday.
Spain complained the Gdansk pitch in Poland was too dry and slow after the world and European champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy in their Group C opener.
In other results from the opening weekend of the tournament being jointly co-hosted by Poland and the Ukraine, Russia destroyed the Czech Republic 4-1 and Poland and Greece drew one-all.
Germany beat Portugal one-nil and Denmark were also one-nil winners over the Netherlands.
Bafana Bafana took another blow in their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, as they drew 1-1 with Botswana in their Group A match in Gaborone on Saturday.
South Africa, who drew their opening qualifier against Ethiopia will now face an uphill battle to finish top of their group, with only one spot available to advance to the next stage of qualification.
