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Republic of Ireland Martin O'Neill will be able to call on an experienced squad when he begins his Republic of Ireland reign with friendlies against Latvia and Poland.

Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal kept pace with World Cup Qualifying Group B leaders Switzerland as Cristiano Ronaldo inspired them to a 3-0 win over Latvia.

Italy Giorgio Chiellini scored all three goals in Italy's 2-1 win over Azerbaijan on Friday, while Netherlands returned to winning ways.

Spots at Euro 2016 remain up for grabs and Wales are set to reach a major tournament for the first time since 1958.

Martin O'Neill New Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has urged his squad not to view Friday's fixture with Latvia as a friendly.

Netherlands Jetro Willems and Ricardo van Rhijn have been included in Netherlands' preliminary squad for upcoming fixtures against Mexico and Latvia.

England England boss Roy Hodgson faces a reunion with Switzerland in qualifying for the 2016 UEFA European Championship, while defending champions Spain will meet Ukraine and Slovakia.

Petr Cech The Czech Republic reached UEFA Euro 2016 as a result of their win over Latvia and Turkey's success against Netherlands in Group A.

Fernando Santos With a World Cup qualifier to come before the Confederations Cup, Portugal and Fernando Santos are focusing only on reaching Russia 2018.