Holland warm up in stellar fashion

  Ronaldo misses penalty as Portugal lose to Turkey

 Robin van Persie and Ibrahim Afellay scored two goals apiece on Saturday to inspire Netherlands to a 6-0 thrashing of Northern Ireland in their final Euro 2012 warm-up friendly.

Fielding a team that is likely to be coach Bert van Marwijk's starting line-up in Ukraine and Poland, apart from the injured Joris Mathijsen, the Dutch took the Irish apart.

Van Persie opened the scoring after 11 minutes with a near-post header and added his second from the penalty spot after Wesley Sneijder had doubled the lead with a curling freekick.

Afellay, who has been out for most of the season with a bad knee injury, finished off a fine move involving Van Persie and Arjen Robben to make it 4-0 by halftime.

The Dutch added a fifth through Afellay in the 51st minute before central defender Ron Vlaar completed the rout with a close-range header 12 minutes from time.

“I'm satisfied with the execution of our tactical plan today but the score means little to me as they were very poor opponents,” Van Marwijk told reporters.

Portugal stunned

Portugal missed several chances, including a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, and were whistled off the pitch after losing 3-1 at home to Turkey on Saturday in their last friendly before Euro.

The hosts started aggressively, pressed high up the pitch and seemed to be in control of the match until the defence was caught napping by Turkey winger Sercan Sararer who set up Umut Bulut for a tap-in after 35 minutes.

The Turks, who failed to qualify for the Euros, were hardly brilliant but did at least take their chances.

Bulut added salt to Portugal's wounds by drilling in the second goal in the 52nd minute after taking advantage of a careless ball from Miguel Veloso.

Portugal pulled one back five minutes later after a flowing move ended in a a fine finish from Nani and captain Ronaldo then missed from the spot in the 65th minute following a foul on right-back Miguel Lopes.

The defeat means Portugal will start Euro after a run of three matches without a win.

Poland win

Poland wrapped up preparations for Euro 2012 with a 4-0 romp over Andorra, one of the weakest international teams, on Saturday.

The Poles will lean heavily on their Borussia Dortmund trio -- striker Robert Lew-andowski, captain Jakub Blaszczykowski and defender Lukasz Piszczek -- in the Euros and all three started against Andorra.

Ludovic Obraniak opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Lewandowski made it 2-0 nine minutes before halftime.