Poland 2 - Montenegro 2; England 5 - Moldova 0

Poland made the trip to Podgorica to face off with Montenegro, the presumed closest challenger to England in Group H.  Montenegro's Milan Jovanovic took down Robert Lewandowski in the penalty area five minutes in, allowing Poland a penalty kick opportunity.  The conversion made it 1-0 to the visitors.  Montenegro's attitude did not suffer any negative effects, and their positive play paid dividends.  Nikola Drincic ran with the ball across the top of the box before unleashing an unstoppable strike to equalize.  A Montenegrin corner kick in stoppage time led to a Mirko Vucinic goal that gave the hosts a 2-1 lead to contemplate at the break.

An interesting moment occurred six minutes after the break.  Lewandowski allowed Montenegro's goalkeeper to leapfrog him in a failed effort to punch clear.  Lewandowski then was able to attempt a bicycle kick, but Stefan Savic was on the line to block the shot.  A short free kick two minutes on was finished by the head of Poland's Adrian Mierzejewski, knotting the match at two goals apiece.  Stevan Jovetic nearly ended the celebration seconds later, but his one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper was sent off frame, allowing Poland to exhale.  From their on out the match turned ugly.  Savo Pacevic saw a second yellow turn to red in minute 68, leaving the hosts handicapped for the final push of the match.  Poland then gave the advantage away due to Ludovic Obraniak's straight red card in minute 73.  The match ends in a 2-2 draw.

England made an excursion to Chisinau to face Moldova with the expectation of a large English win the prevailing sentiment.  An early handball in the box off Tom Cleverley's shot gave England a penalty kick, which was converted for 1-0.  A Glen Johnson cross to the six-yard box found Frank Lampard with space, and Lampard converted for his and England's second goal.  It was 3-0 following a lower ninety shot form Jermaine Defoe.  England were comfortably ahead 3-0 with only forty-five minutes left to play.

With fifteen minutes left, England began toying with Moldova.  A three-man attack held the ball in Moldova's penalty area for a good ten seconds against four defenders before James Milner ran up to score his first international goal to make it 4-0.  A wicked deflection off a hand in the wall from a Leighton Baines free kick saw the Three Lions pounce onto a 5-0 lead with less than ten minutes to play.  It was Baines's first international goal as well.  England win 5-0.

Goals
Poland
Jakub Blaszczykowski 6 PK
Adrian Mierzejewski 55

Montenegro
Nikola Drincic 27
Mirko Vucinic 45+2

England
Frank Lampard 4 PK, 29
Jermaine Defoe 32
James Milner 74
Leighton Baines 83

Match Reports:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1697211/index.html
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/England-beats-Moldova-5-0-in-WCup-qualifying-3848253.php
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1697217/index.html

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOGFoOTjS3M (Poland v. Montenegro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1pY4RI7yjk (England v. Moldova)