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Australia claimed a famous victory over Germany in Tuesday's international friendlies, while ten-men Italy triumphed in Ukraine.

David Carney (61) and Luke Wilkshire (64 pen) netted asAustraliawon for the first time againstGermany, whose Mario Gomez had earlier put the hosts ahead.

Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was on target as the battle between the next two World Cup hosts finished all square.

Mohammed Kasola put the 2022 tournament hostsQatarahead in the third minute before Pavlyuchenko (34) equalised forRussia, the destination for the 2018 finals.

Ten-menItalywon inUkraineafter Giuseppe Rossi notched the opener on 27 minutes and substitute Alessandro Matri netted their second with nine minutes remaining.

But on a sour note, fellow substitute Davide Astori received his marching orders for a second bookable offence in between.

Denmarkalso posted an away win, beatingSlovakia2-1. The visitors got off to the perfect start when the unfortunate Kornel Salata turned into his own goal after three minutes.

But Filip Holosko equalised for the hosts after 32 minutes only for Michael Krohn-Dehli to win it with 18 minutes remaining.

Porto star Ruben Micael notched a brace (10, 71) to helpPortugalbeatFinland, while Yang Xu also scored twice (37, 86) and Huang Bowen (17) was on target asChinaeasily saw-off the challenge ofHonduras.

Matias Fernandez and Jean Beausejour scored asChilebeatColumbia, butGreeceandPolandas well asFranceandCroatiacould not find the net in their games.

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