England, Germany and Holland all gained opening game victories in their qualification games for World 2014. England won 5-0 in Moldova.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring for the visitors from the spot in the fourth minute.

The Chelsea midfielder headed home England’s second in the 29^th minute, after Glen Johnson delivered a superb cross.

Jermain Defoe fired an effort past Moldova keeper Stanislav Namasco in the 32^nd minute on his 50^th appearance for the Three Lions. England didn’t extend their lead until the 74^th minute, James Milner scoring, after good play from Tom Cleverley and substitutes Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott.

England completed the rout in the 83^rd minute, full-back Leighton Baines scoring through a deflected free-kick. England faces the much tougher opponents of Ukraine on Tuesday night at Wembley in their next qualification game.

Germany beat minnows the Faroe Islands 3-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The Germans made hard work of this victory, mainly thanks to Faroes keeper Gunnar Neilsen, who produced a superb display to keep the score line down. Germany took the lead through an effort from Dortmund wunderkid Mario Gotze in the 28^th minute.

Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil scored a brace in the second half, with goals coming in the 54^th and 71^st minutes. Germany faces a trip to neighbours Austria on Tuesday in their next qualification game.

Holland recovered from their poor Euro 2012 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Turkey. Holland took the lead on 16 minutes, Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie heading home Wesley Sneijder’s cross.

Turkey pushed hard for an equaliser, but couldn’t find a breakthrough and Dutch youngster Luciano Narsingh scored three minutes into stoppage-time to confirm the victory for Louis Van Gaal’s side. Holland takes a trip to Hungary on Tuesday for their next qualifier.

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