England surged into the play-offs for next year's UEFA Under-21 Championship with goals from James Milner and Gabriel Agbonlahor securing a 2-0 victory over Portugal.
Milner converted a 44th-minute penalty won by Fabrice Muamba to give Stuart Pearce's side, playing their first competitive fixture at Wembley, the edge at half time.
And Milner's Aston Villa team-mate Agbonlahor showed his trademark pace to fire the second in a victory that ensures England finish convincing winners of Group Three.
Bulgaria condemned the Republic of Ireland to a 2-0 defeat in Sofia with a strike either side of half-time.
Atanas Kurdov opened the scoring for Bulgaria shortly before the break and Momchil Tsvetanov doubled the advantage midway through the second half.
Ireland's best chance came when captain Eddie Nolan headed over the bar in the 56th minute as the visitors pressed for an equaliser.
Defeat means the Irish sink to the bottom of a group which also includes England, Portugal and minnows Montenegro.
Northern Ireland's faint hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Under-21 Championships are over after they were beaten 3-0 by Germany in Wuppertal tonight.
Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos, 18, scored the first goal after 11 minutes with a superb 20-yard free-kick and Daniel Halfar made it 2-0 after Trevor Carson failed to hold a Kroos long-ranger (38).
Northern Ireland had to win to stand any chance of making the play-offs but their fate was sealed on the hour mark when Dennis Aogo added the third with another effort from distance.
