Holland came from three goals down to win 4-3 away to Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria on Wednesday, while Spain beat world champions Italy 1-0.Marco van Basten's Oranje came out on top in an extraordinary friendly at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.

Andreas Ivanschitz gave the hosts a shock lead after five minutes before twice setting up Sebastian Prodl from two corners to put Austria three goals in front.

Holland responded through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar before the break, and second-half strikes from Johnny Heitinga, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Huntelaar again sealed the win.

Austria had the crowd out of their seats five minutes after the kick-off when Ivanschitz opened the scoring with a close-range finish.

And in the 18th minute, the Dutch were caught out at the back again as Austria scored a second. Ivanschitz again had a hand in it as from his corner Sturm Graz youngster Prodl got above the Dutch defence to head the hosts two goals in front.

Again Marco van Basten's side failed to respond and on 35 minutes the hosts scored again with an almost carbon copy of the first goal. Ivanschitz swung in a corner and Prodl headed home.

But the third goal finally sparked life out of the visitors, and they pulled one back within two minutes.

Huntelaar connected with Van Persie's outswinging corner to hammer home a left-footed shot from the right of the penalty area.

Van Basten sent on Clarence Seedorf and Wilfred Bouma for Joris Mathijsen and Demy De Zeeuw. But still Holland had to wait until the 67th minute for their next goal - Heitinga firing home from six yards.

By now Holland were well on top, but still went into the final 10 minutes of the game trailing 3-2.

Van Basten threw on Vennegoor of Hesselink with 11 minutes left, and the Celtic forward levelled the scores within four minutes of his introduction with a long-range shot that curled into the net.

A Dutch winner now seemed inevitable, and it came in emphatic fashion when Seedorf played the ball to Huntelaar 25 yards from goal, and the Ajax ace buried his shot with a fierce right-footed drive.

Spain were narrow winners over Italy in Elche. Valencia striker David Villa scored the only goal of the game after 76 minutes.

Germany's Mario Gomez enhanced his claims for a starting place at Euro 2008 with a second-half brace in an emphatic 4-0 victory over Switzerland in Basle.

The Stuttgart striker struck twice in the space of six minutes as Joachim Low's men gave the Euro 2008 co-hosts a lesson in cool finishing.

Miroslav Klose had given the visitors the lead in the 23rd minute before Bayern Munich club-mate Lukas Podolski rounded off the rout in the dying minutes.

Alexandre Pato stole the show on his international debut, scoring the only goal of the game as Brazil saw off Sweden 1-0 in a friendly at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

The 18-year-old had been on the pitch barely 10 minutes when he capitalised on a mistake by substitute Sweden goalkeeper Rami Shaaban to score.

It was the highlight of an entertaining performance from the South Americans, for whom Werder Bremen midfielder Diego also shone.

With 72 minutes gone and the rain pouring down in north London, Pato announced himself on the international stage in style.

Anderson played the ball down through the right-hand side of the area and keeper Shabaan, on as a half-time substitute, attempted to clear.

But he could only strike the ball against Pato, who reacted quickly to curl a right-foot shot into the empty net from an acute angle.

Reigning European champions Greece ran out 2-1 winners over Portugal in a replay of the Euro 2004 final in Dusseldorf.

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