Milos Veljkovic and his Serbia colleagues paid a visit to holders Portugal in their first qualifier. However, the Werder defender watched on from the bench in Lisbon, as his team took an early lead through a Tadic penalty. Portugal took the wake up call and began to assert themselves and eventually rewarded themselves with an equaliser shortly before the break through Danilo Pereira. The hosts, who were without Cristiano Ronaldo who was withdrawn with an injury in the first half, dominated the second half, but were unable to find the second goal.
For the second game running, Felix Beijmo started for the Sweden U21 national team in Marbella, this time playing the full 90 minutes. The Swedes took a deserved lead, before opponents Scotland levelled after just 23 minutes. Shortly before the break, Sweden re-established their lead and held on to a narrow 2-1 victory.