Top teams in dress rehearsals

PARIS: Europe's top teams on Wednesday showed how new-look formations were shaping up after Euro 2008 with 2010 World Cup qualifiers less than three weeks away.

It has not been much of a summer break for the continent's top footballers following the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland won by Spain in June.

The newly crowned European champion Spain began where it left off in the summer and claimed a 3-0 victory in Denmark, and finalist Germany won 2-0 against Belgium.