Monday 17 November 2014 10:10, UK
Holland injected some life into their European qualifying campaign with a much-needed 6-0 thrashing of Latvia in Amsterdam on Sunday.
Guus Hiddink had threatened to walk away from his job as Netherlands boss after away defeats against the Czech Republic and Iceland, but Arjen Robben scored twice in a convincing victory.
Manchester United striker Robin van Persie opened the scoring after just six minutes, while Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben added a second (35) before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (42) made it 3-0 before half-time.
Van Persie's club teammate Daley Blind limped off at the break, but his absence failed to unsettle the Oranje as PSV Eindhoven defender Jeffrey Bruma (78) scored his first international goal.
Robben (82) and Huntelaar (89) completing the rout of Marians Pahars' men in the dying stages.
In Group B, Cyprus responded to successive defeats by inflicting a 5-0 defeat on Andorra.
Apoel winger George Efrem became the first Cypriot to score an international hat-trick as he netted twice in the first half (31, 42) before slotting home on the hour.
Giorgos Merkis had set the hosts on their way with a ninth minute goal and Dimitris Christofi (86) completed the scoring with a late fifth from the penalty spot.
Crowd trouble marred Italy's 1-1 draw with Croatia as the Group H fixture was briefly suspended when flares were thrown onto the San Siro pitch.
Antonio Candreva opened the scoring in the 11th minute, but play was interrupted after Ivan Perisic's 15th minute leveller was greeted by flares being thrown from the Croatia fans.
Police were sent to disperse supporters following more severe problems in the second-half and the players left the field for 10 minutes before the fixture was completed.
In the early kick-off in Group H, Norway picked up a valuable 1-0 win at Azerbaijan through a first-half header by Havard Nordtveit of Borussia Monchengladbach.
The Czech Republic moved clear at the top of Group A after they beat Iceland 2-1 in Plzen to maintain their 100 per cent record.
Iceland took the lead through Ragnar Sigurdsson (nine), but Pavel Kaderabek equalised in first-half stoppage-time and they were gifted victory through Jon Dadi Bodvarsson's own goal.
Turkey, meanwhile, defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 to move off the foot of the group, with Burak Yilmaz netting a first-half brace.
Israel leapfrogged Wales at the top of Group B after an impressive 3-0 win over Bosnia-Herzogovina in Haifa, with goals from Gil Vermouth (36), Omer Damari (45).
Bosnia-Herzogovina defender Toni Sunjic was sent off for a professional foul on Damari at the start of the second half, before Eran Zahavi (70) completed the scoring.
Bulgaria were held to a 1-1 draw by minnows Malta after Clayton Failla's penalty cancelled out Andrey Galabinov's opener for the hosts in Sofia.
