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EURO2016 QUALIFYING WRAP: Iceland shock Holland, Serbia v Albania abandoned as Ireland hold Germany

FIFA's international weekend is now complete following eight fixtures around Europe on Tuesday night.

Matchday 4 of Euro2016 qualifying provided another set of interesting results as the group tables begin to take shape but the day was marred by the postponement of Serbia's clash with Albania in Belgrade.

Late in the first half of the Group I fixture, a drone-cam flew over the Stadion Partizan pitch which showed the Albanian flag superimposed onto a map of Kosovo, which caused riots in the stands.

The confrontational statement forced the match to be abandoned by referee Martin Atkinson who called it off after a delay of around 30 minutes.

UEFA have yet to decide when, or if, the match will be replayed.

In Group I's other match on Tuesday, Portugal secured their first points of the campaign by edging Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's winner deep into injury-time leaving Albania on top of the standings with four points, equal with the second-placed Danes.

In Group D, Republic of Ireland produced a last-gasp equaliser to deny World Cup winners Germany maximum points in their 1-1 draw in Gelsenkirchen.

Toni Kroos gave the World Champions the lead with a stunning long range effort in the 71st minute before John O'Shea turned home a clever attempt with the outside of his right boot in the 94th minute.

Poland remained on top of the standings despite being held to a 2-2 draw by Scotland in Warsaw as Georgia grabbed their first win of the qualifying campaign by beating Gibraltar 3-0.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, Haris Seferovic netted a brace as Switzerland cruised past San Marino 4-0 in Group E to open their account after two previous losses to England and Slovenia.

And Group F saw Northern Ireland go top with a 2-0 win over Greece in Athens, Romania moved to second after beating Finland 2-0 in Helsinki courtesy of a Bogdan Stancu double and Hungary edged Faroe Islands 1-0.

On Monday night, Croatia hammered Azerbaijan 6-0, Omer Damari netted a hat-trick as Israel accounted for Andorra 4-1, the Czech Republic outlasted Kazakhstan to win 4-2, Italy and Malta both had a player sent off as the Azzurri saluted 1-0, ten-man Wales overcame Cyprus 2-1, Norway beat Bulgaria 2-1, Gylfi Sigurdsson scored twice as Iceland shocked Holland 2-0, Latvia drew 1-1 with Turkey as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Belgium also drew 1-1.

Euro2016 qualifying - Matchday 4

Group A

Kazakhstan: 2 (Yuriy Logvinenko 84'/90+1') Czech Republic: 4 (Borek Dockal 13', David Lafata 44', Ladislav Krejci 56', Tomas Necid 88') Astana Arena, Astana - 24,000

Iceland: 2 (Gylfi Sigurdsson (p) 10'/42') Holland: 0 Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik - 10,000

Latvia: 1 (Valerijs Sabala (p) 54', red card: Gints Freimanis 90') Turkey: 1 (Bilal Kisa 47') Skonto stadions, Riga - 6,432

Group B

Andorra: 1 (Ildefons Lima (p) 15') Israel: 4 (Omer Damari 3'/41'/82', Tomer Hemed (p) 90+6') Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella - 800

Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1 (Edin Dzeko 28') Belgium: 1 (Radja Nainggolan 51') Bilino Polje, Zenica - 12,000

Wales: 2 (David Cotterill 13', Hal Robson-Kanu 23', red card: Andy King 47') Cyprus: 1 (Vincent Laban 36') Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff - 21,273

Group D

Germany: 1 (Toni Kroos 71') Republic of Ireland: 1 (John O'Shea 90+4') Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen - 52,000

Gibraltar: 0 Georgia: 3 (Nikoloz Gelashvili 9', Tornike Okriashvili 19', Jaba Kankava 69') Estadio Algarve, Portugal - 600

Poland: 2 (Krzysztof Maczynski 11', Arkadiusz Milik 76') Scotland: 2 (Shaun Maloney 18', Steven Naismith 57') National Stadium, Warsaw - 55,197

Group E

San Marino: 0 Switzerland: 4 (Haris Seferovic 10'/23', Blerim Dzemaili 30', Xherdan Shaqiri 79') San Marino Stadium, Serravalle - 5,700

Group F

Faroes Islands: 0 Hungary: 1 (Adam Szalai 21') Torsvollur, Torshavn - 2,000

Finland: 0 (red card: Alexander Ring 56') Romania: 2 (Bogdan Stancu 54'/84') Olympiastadion, Helsinki - 19,408

Greece: 0 Northern Ireland: 2 (Jamie Ward 9', Kyle Lafferty 51') Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens - 24,000

Group H

Croatia: 6 (Andrej Kramaric 11', Ivan Perisic 34'/45', Marcelo Brozovic 45+1', Luka Modric (p) 57', Rashad Sadygov (og) 61') Azerbaijan: 0 Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek - 15,000

Malta: 0 (red card: Michael Mifsud 27') Italy: 1 (Graziano Pelle 24', red card: Leonardo Bonucci 73') Ta'Qali National Stadium, Ta'Qali - 16,942

Norway: 2 (Tarik Elyounoussi 13', Havard Nielsen 72') Bulgaria: 1 (Nikolay Bodurov 43') Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - 18,990

Group I

Denmark: 0 Portugal: 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 90+5') Telia Parken, Copenhagen.

Serbia: SUSP Albania: SUSP Stadion Partizan, Belgrade

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