Daniel Jensen and his Danish colleagues kept their qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup on course with a very convincing 3-0 win against Malta, which sees the Scandinavian’s take top spot in the group. The goals on the night were scored by Sören Larsen (10’ / 47’) and Daniel Agger (29’). Daniel Jensen was withdrawn shortly before the end of the game (82’).

The Danes were aided in their leap to the top of the table by the 0-0 draw between Sweden and Portugal. Werder striker Markus Rosenberg didn’t make an appearance for the home side on the night but his Werder team mate Hugo Almeida started for Portugal and played until the 62nd minute.

Petri Pasanen was involved for the full 90 minutes with the Finnish national team and enjoyed a successful evening as his side beat Azerbaijan 1-0. The only goal on the day in Helsinki was a spot-kick converted by Mikael Forsell in the 62nd minute. The north Europeans are now lying in third place in Germany’s group behind Joachim Löw’s men and Russia.

The round of qualifiers was to prove distinctly less memorable for Werder Bremen’s Austria duo of Martin Harnik and Sebastian Prödl, with their side only managing a very unimpressive 1-1 draw against the lowly Faroe Islands. Bö gave the hosts the lead in front of a crowd of just 1,900 but Stranzl equalised for the Austrians just two minutes later. By the time the goals were scored, Martin Harnik had already left the pitch. The Werder man had to be substituted after just 25 minutes with a ligament injury. Sebastian Prödl played over the full 90 minutes.