• Euro 2012 qualifying

Hiddink's Turkey held in Belgium

ESPN staff
June 3, 2011
Mario Gomez's winner was scored in the 90th minute © Getty Images
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A last-minute winner from Mario Gomez gave Germany a 2-1 victory over Group A rivals Austria and kept their perfect start to the Euro 2012 qualification campaign alive.

Gomez had given Germany the lead on the stroke of half-time but Austria, who remain fourth in the group, were level after 50 minutes when German defender Arne Friedrich scored an own goal.

The game looked destined to end in a draw until Gomez rose about the defence to head home Philip Lahm's cross with only moments remaining.

Germany's dramatic win extended their lead at the top of the group as their two closest rivals, Belgium and Turkey, drew 1-1 in Brussels.

Marwin Ogunjimi gave the hosts the perfect start when he converted Nacer Chadli's cross on after three minutes, but Turkey striker Burak Yilmaz scored from close range to level midway through the first half before Axel Witsel fired a second-half penalty over the bar.

Italy remain top of their group after goals from Giuseppe Rossi, Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini gave them a comfortable win over Estonia.

An Eric Abidal own goal handed Belarus an unlikely 1-1 draw at home to a below-par France side as the top two in Group D met. Abidal turned Timofey Kalachev's cross into his own goal after 20 minutes, but after Florent Malouda levelled matters only two minutes later France would have expected to win the game.

However, in an evenly-matched contest they could not find a winner.

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