France were beaten 2-0 by Spain in their international friendly clash at the Stade de France on Wednesday. However, the match would have ended in a draw if it wasn’t for video technology, which was used to correct two wrong decisions in Paris. The first-half of the encounter saw both teams failing to get on the scoreboard with Antoine Griezmann almost making it 1-0 in France’s favour. Griezmann even had a goal ruled out by a video assistant for an offside.

The second half saw Spain at their attacking best as David Silva opened the scoring with a penalty after Laurent Koscielny fouled Gerard Deulofeu. Spain once again stuck to their basics and in the 77th minute, Deulofeu netted the second, which was ruled offside. However, once again the video technology came to Spain’s aid as they awarded the goal due to the wrong call.

Netherlands fall yet again

After sacking coach Danny Blind, Netherlands were once again beaten 1-2 by Italy at Dublin. Led by interim coach Fred Grim, the Dutch went 1-0 up thanks to an own goal by Italian keeper Alessio Romagnoli. However, the Italians fought back with Eder and Leonardo Bonucci striking in the first-half to make it 2-1. The second-half was rather a drab affair with neither able to get the ball into the opponent’s net.

Benteke double doesn’t help Belgium win

Belgium were held to 3-3 draw by Russia at Sochi in their friendly clash. Viktor Vasin put the Russians ahead in the opening four minutes of the game. However, Kevin Mirallas equalised for Belgium. Christian Benteke scored a brace to make 3-1 at half-time. The Russians then staged a marvelous comeback with Aleksey Miranchuk and Aleksandr Bukharov netting one goal apiece to make it 3-3.

Sweden outclass Portugal

Euro 2016 champions Portugal were beaten 3-2 by Sweden at Madeira. Cristiano Ronaldo was the first one on target as he scored his 71st international goal. Then an own goal by Andreas Granqvist made it 2-0 with Sweden staring at defeat. However, they staged a splendid comeback with Viktor Claesson netting a brace to make it 2-2. In injury time, Cavaco Cancelo’s own goal gave Sweden the unlikely win.