AMSTERDAM — Netherlands revived bitter Spanish memories from last year's World Cup finals when it beat a second-string La Roja 2-0 in a friendly Tuesday to become the first team to inflict two defeats on coach Vicente del Bosque. Rather than reliving its World Cup final triumph against the Dutch from 2010, Spain was overrun in the opening 20 minutes at the Amsterdam Arena, falling behind to goals from Stefan de Vrij in the 13th minute and Davy Klaassen three minutes later. The superiority of the home side recalled its 5-1 thrashing of the Spanish in the group stage in Brazil last year, a defeat which signaled the end of Spain's glittering six-year run when it won the 2008 and 2012 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup. Spain and Netherlands have both stuttered in qualifying for Euro 2016, the Dutch in particular struggling at the halfway stage in Group A. In Turin, Andros Townsend scored a late equalizer as England held Italy to a 1-1 draw in an international friendly at the Juventus Stadium. Substitute Townsend leveled 11 minutes from time to cancel out Graziano Pelle's first-half opener after Italy had dominated the opening hour. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one goal and made another in a slick first-half performance as Sweden beat Iran 3-1 in a friendly in Stockholm, where the vast majority of the 33,773 crowd at the Friends Arena were cheering for the away team. Sweden is home to more than 60,000 people who were born in Iran, and together with their children and grandchildren they packed the stands, outnumbering the Sweden fans and creating a cascading wall of noise for much of the match. Fabio Capello's experimental Russia side, with seven uncapped players making their debuts, drew 0-0 with Kazakhstan in a friendly in Moscow. Ondrej Duda scored after the interval to lead host Slovakia to a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic in a friendly in Zilina between the two teams that once represented Czechoslovakia. Marouane Fellaini grabbed an early goal as 10-man Belgium survived Israel's spirited second-half performance to earn a 1-0 win in Euro 2016 qualifying Group B in Jerusalem Tuesday. Argentina beat Ecuador 2-1 to notch a second straight Copa America warm-up victory without Lionel Messi at a freezing MetLife stadium in New Jersey Tuesday. In other friendlies in the United States ahead of the June 11-July 4 tournament in Chile, Mexico beat Paraguay 1-0 and Venezuela overcame Peru by the same score. Gerardo Martino's Argentina, with captain Messi looking on again while he nurses a right foot injury, had beaten El Salvador 2-0 in Washington Saturday. Cape Verde upset a weakened Portugal 2-0 in Estoril as seven days of international football friendlies involving African teams ended. Portugal lacked many stars, including the biggest one of all Cristiano Ronaldo, having won 2-1 at home against Serbia just 48 hours earlier in a Euro 2016 qualifier. Ghana and Mali drew 1-1 at Stade Sebastien Charlety in southern Paris, while a stoppage-time equalizer from Yu Dabao forced Tunisia to settle for a 1-1 draw with China in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre stadium. — Agencies
