Euro 2012 qualifiers:Former Birmingham and Chelsea striker Mikael Forssell helped himself to a hat-trick as Finland picked up their first points of their European Championship qualifying campaign in style with a convincing 8-0 win over fellow Group E strugglers San Marino.
Kasper Hamalainen (2), Mika Vayrynen, Jari Litmanen and substitute Roni Porokara also netted in a one-sided Group E clash — with seven of the goals coming in the space of 30 second-half minutes.
However, Olli Huttunen’s team remain outsiders to qualify for Euro 2012 — they are still three points behind fourth-placed Moldova.
Two goals from Tottenham midfielder Nico Kranjcar and another from Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic moved Croatia to the top of Group F with a 3-0 victory over Malta.
Tottenham midfielder Kranjcar opened the scoring in the 17th minute and doubled the lead four minutes before the interval at Zagreb’s Stadion Maksimir, with substitute Kalinic rounding off the win nine minutes from time.
The victory takes Croatia above Greece to pole position in the group after four matches, while Malta remain pointless.