World champions Spain slipped to a stunning 4-0 friendly defeat at the hands of bitter rivals Portugal on Wednesday while the team they beat in July's final the Netherlands emerged 1-0 victors over a Turkish side coached by a former boss Guus Hiddink.

Elsewhere 2006 world champions Italy's woeful year ended on a suitably poor note on and off the pitch as they had to come from behind to draw 1-1 with Romania while a section of their fans displayed a banner with the message "No to multi-cultural Italy" on it.