Dougie Imrie was fouled on the edge of the box by Timothy van der Meulen and referee Willie Collum awarded a free-kick outside the penalty area.
Steyn struck his first penalty inside five minutes when Mils Muliaina - who became the fourth most capped All Black in history alongside Tana Umaga - was penalised for not releasing after collecting a high kick outside his 22m line.
David Clarkson sent a low drilled effort from outside the area into Howard's arms on after 52 minutes, and Sutton then won a free-kick just outside the edge of the box, which Murphy saw beaten away by the diving Howard.
Accies goalkeeper Tomas Cerny launched forward a free-kick from just outside his own area.
But Ronan O'Gara's penalty pushed them two scores clear and the outside-half's kick proved crucial after Delon Armitage crossed over for a try with two minutes remaining.
Thursday night, they lucked out when the referee couldn't find her whistle after Heath used her forearm to block a Japanese free kick from just outside the penalty area.
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Skacel curled the free kick from just outside the area round the wall but although the ball looked set to sneak in at the right-hand post, it was deflected round.
The first try came two minutes later as Michalak put through a kick with the outside of his right boot to the right corner and it fell perfectly for Clerc.
Hartley blazed over the bar after a Michael Paton corner five minutes from time, while Travner saw a diagonal free-kick from just outside the penalty area whistle past the left-hand post.
Hook ended the sequence by missing his next kick, shaving the outside of the right post from 35 metres away and straight.
At the other end, Drogba was largely contained by Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, with the Premiership's top scorer limited to a curling free-kick that clipped the outside of the post during the 90 minutes.
The teenager turned away from home skipper Darren Barr far too easily in the 26th minute and the Scotland defender was lucky his tug on McCarthy's jersey took place just outside the area and that the free-kick came to nothing.
German midfielder Michael Ballack hit the outside of the post with a fine free-kick, while Hull's Kevin Kilbane hit the woodwork with a header.
Brunt then hit the bar from the edge of the area but he was not to be denied and he sealed the points, and all that went with them, by hammering a free-kick into the top corner from just outside the area.
Five minutes later Gyan unleashed another fierce in-swinging effort from outside the area, this time from a free-kick, which was punched away unconvincingly by El Hadary in the Egypt goal.
The Reds wanted a penalty when Benayoun was felled in the box by Pascal Chimbonda, but referee Alan Wiley had already blown for Nyron Nosworthy's trip on Gerrard outside the box and the captain's free-kick flew straight into the wall.
Soon after, Ballack hit the outside of the post with a 25-yard free-kick as Chelsea continued to press.
There was a huge gulf in quality between the sides but Scotland did have an early chance to make an impression when Lucio bundled over Kenny Miller a few yards outside the box, only for Adam's free-kick to cannon off the defensive wall.
In the second half, Messi was fouled just outside the Real penalty area and got up to send an unstoppable free kick past Iker Casillas.
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Chelsea's first chance came in the 23rd, when an inswinging free kick was only cleared out to Eden Hazard, whose bouncing shot from outside the area went over Pantilimon but was cleared off the line by Vincent Kompany.
Irwin was proving a real thorn in Grimsby's side and, after Simon Ford was penalised for handball just outside the area on the half-hour, he equalised straight from the free-kick.
The match was about to go into injury time when referee Alfonso Javier Alvarez Izquierdo awarded a free kick to Deportivo, the Spanish Liga's cellar-dweller, a few yards outside and to the right of Madrid's penalty area.
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