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2002 World Cup - Peru 1 Argentina 2 (Sep 04, 2000)

Sunday night's victory against Peru shows that Argentina has completely recovered from their defeat against Brazil despite the loss of injured superstar Gabriel Batistuta. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Brazil 5 Bolivia 0 (Sep 04, 2000)

Romario is back and so the "samba" team is working again. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Uruguay 4 Ecuador 0 (Sep 04, 2000)

Uruguay is on its way back to top quality football after trashing Ecuador in Montevideo in a South American World Cup qualifying match. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Hungary 2 Italy 2 (Sep 04, 2000)

Giovanni Trappatoni's debut as Italy coach was both sweet and sour as he saw his side score two goals but fail to get victory in last night's World Cup qualifying match in Budapest. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Germany 2 Greece 0 (Sep 03, 2000)

Rudi Voller proved again that Euro 2000 is forgotten already and his German team beat Greece in World Cup qualifying Group 9 match in Hamburg. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Norway 0 Armenia 0 (Sep 03, 2000)

Norway once again disappointed its supporters in Oslo as their miserable summer form continued. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Northern Ireland 1 Malta 0 (Sep 03, 2000)

The Belfast crowd had a great football afternoon which will prove to be very important in Group C as host Northern Ireland beat Malta after dominating the game. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Finland 2 Albania 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

Finland managed to start the World Cup qualifying marathon with a win in Helsinki despite playing the last 20 minutes with only ten men. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Estonia 1 Portugal 3 (Sep 03, 2000)

Portugal found it easy in Tallinn to beat Estonia and produced a good performance. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Faroe Islands 2 Slovenia 2 (Sep 03, 2000)

The Faroe Islands scored two late goals as Slovenia threw away their lead in Toftir. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Andorra 2 Cyprus 3 (Sep 03, 2000)

Andorra nearly got an historic victory in this Group B match in Andorra la Vella against Cyprus. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Turkey 2 Moldova 0 (Sep 03, 2000)

Coach Send Gunes can rejoice that he managed to start his new job in Group D with an interesting victory. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Holland 2 Republic of Ireland 2 (Sep 03, 2000)

The start of Group B saw the Dutch side struggling to get a home draw in Amsterdam. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Spain 2 (Sep 03, 2000)

Despite this victory coach Jose Antonio Camacho's side does not seem to be recovering from their shocking elimination in Euro 2000 and performed poorly in the Group G opening match in Sarajevo. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Switzerland 0 Russia 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

Coach Enzo Trossero's debut as Switzerland coach was not very pleasant as his side failed to get a home victory in Zurich. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Belgium 0 Croatia 0 (Sep 03, 2000)

Belgium failed to gain three points in their opening match in the Group F in Brussels. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Iceland 1 Denmark 2 (Sep 03, 2000)

Denmark got its first victory in Group C beating Iceland in Rejkjavic in a winning start for their new coaching team. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Azerbaijan 0 Sweden 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

The Swedish side managed to get an important away victory in Baku's Tofig Bakhramov Stadium in the opening match of World Cup qualifying Group D. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Ukraine 1 Poland 3 (Sep 03, 2000)

The Polish side gave a lesson of how to play football in Kiev beating the hosts in an impressive Group E match. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Latvia 0 Scotland 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

Fortunate Scotland hit a last minute goal to avoid a draw in this group F match in Riga. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Bulgaria 0 Czech Republic 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

Even though the match seen in Sofia saw several chances a penalty had to decide this group C match. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Belarus 2 Wales 1 (Sep 03, 2000)

The Welsh side performed so poorly in Minsk that the several injuries they had in the build up to the game can justify such a showing. . . . more . . .