Sunday 29 March 2015 22:28, UK
Holland's European Championship qualifying struggles continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Turkey at the Amsterdam ArenA.
Burak Yilmaz fired Turkey into the lead thanks to a deflection in the 37th minute and Holland had to wait until second-half stoppage time for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to score the equaliser which saw them narrowly avoid their third defeat in Group A.
The result leaves Guus Hiddink's side six points adrift of leaders Czech Republic, one point ahead of Turkey in third place and five behind Iceland who defeated bottom side Kazakhstan 3-0 earlier in the day.
Eder marked his Italy debut in fine style with a brilliant late equaliser as they kept their Euro 2016 qualifying run going in Bulgaria.
The Azzurri had not lost in 44 qualifying fixtures going into this clash - a run dating back to 2006 - but that was seriously under threat as they trailed 2-1 with eight minutes left.
But Sampdoria's Brazil-born striker had other ideas and curled in an equaliser from the edge of the box to secure a 2-2 draw.
Croatia claimed a comfortable 5-1 victory over Norway at the Stadion Maksimir.
The Group H leaders went three points clear at the top ahead of Italy thanks to goals from Marcelo Brozovic, Ivan Perisic, Ivica Olic, Gordon Schildenfeld and Danijel Pranjic, while they lost Vedran Corluka to a red card midway through the second half.
Tarik Elyounoussi missed a penalty for Norway with 20 minutes left and Alexander Tettey netted a consolation to leave them third, four points off the lead.
A brace from Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini and further strikes from Christian Benteke, Eden Hazard and Michy Batshuayi earned Belgium a 5-0 victory over Cyprus in Brussels.
Fellaini and Benteke struck in the first half to give Belgium a commanding 2-0 lead before the break, before Fellaini, Hazard and Batshuayi netted in the second to complete a commanding victory for Marc Wilmots' side.
Belgium replace Cyprus in third place in Group B, with the Red Devils having accumulated eight points from their four matches to date.
In the same group, Edin Dzeko racked up a hat-trick for Bosnia and Herzegovina as they picked up their first win of Euro 2016 qualifying in a 3-0 victory over Andorra.
The Manchester City striker made it a record-extending 41 goals for Bosnia, who comfortably emerged winners in what was the two sides' first meeting at senior international level.
Vaclav Pilar's last-minute equaliser saw Czech Republic snatch a point as they salvaged a 1-1 draw against Latvia in Group A in Prague.
Aleksejs Visnakovs' 30th minute-goal had put Latvia on course for their first victory in the group stages before Pilar was in the right place to turn in a rebound moments before the final whistle.
The Czechs, who had started the day three points clear at the top, are now just one ahead of Iceland after they picked up a 3-0 victory against Kazakhstan in Astana.
Eidur Gudjohnsen celebrated his return from international retirement by setting Iceland on their way to victory before Birkir Bjarnason's double completed a comfortable win.
Azerbaijan prevailed in the battle of the Group H minnows as they beat Malta 2-0.
Gabala striker Javid Huseynov scored the opening goal of the game four minutes in and it looked enough to decide a tie which features two sides who had one point between them prior to kick-off.
But Dimitrij Nazarov added an injury-time second for good measure to wrap things up.
