England warmed up for Wednesday's crucial World Cup qualifier with Croatia by overcoming Slovenia 2-1 at Wembley thanks to goals from Frank Lampard and Jermain Defoe.
Chelsea star Lampard broke the deadlock from the penalty spot after 31 minutes when Bostjan Cesar was adjudged to have fouled Wayne Rooney.
Then substitute Defoe of Tottenham Hotspur made it five goals in his last three internationals after 63 minutes before Zlatan Ljubijankic scored a late consolation for Slovenia.
Goals from Scott Brown and Birmingham City striker James McFadden secured a crucial 2-0 victory against Macedonia to keep Scotland's World Cup play-off hopes alive.
A nervous first half ended goalless when Brown claimed his first international goal after the restart and McFadden ensured the victory late on ahead of another crunch match on Wednesday night against Holland.
Arsenal's Robin van Persie was on target for Holland as they beat Japan 3-0 in a home international friendly. Roman Pavlyuchenko of Tottenham netted twice from the spot in Russia's 3-0 World Cup Qualifying win over Liechtenstein.
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