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Bosnia-Herzegovina

Portugal

  • Raul Meireles 56’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Portugal
    • 94' FULL TIME! Bosnia 0-1 Portugal. Edinho misses a sitter at the death but Portugal qualify for the World Cup!
    • 90' Miguel Veloso on for Liedson...
    • 88' Portugal are in total control here, Bruno Alves forcing a fine save from Hasagic, who has arguably been the man of the match...
    • 85' CHANCE! Edinho dances past two defenders, hits an average shot, but the ball squirts up off the turf and causes Hasagic no end of problems...
    • 83' Berberovic on for Bajramovic...
    • 82' CHANCE! Big chance for Dzeko, who flicks the ball past Carvalho but then drags his volley wide...
    • 80' Simao replaced by Deco...
    • 78' Salihovic red carded for Bosnia for dissent, and now we have a delay after the linesman was hit by a missile...
    • 76' GOOD SAVE! Pjanic unleashes a 30-yard ripper of a free kick but Eduardo leaps full stretch to tip over...
    • 74' Nani replaced by Edinho...
    • 72' CHANCE! It's Meireles again! Clean through, the first touch is exceptional but his volley arcs inches wide of the post!...
    • 68' GREAT DEFENDING! Ferreira stops a certain goal with a superb intervention as Muslimovic waits to pounce...
    • 65' Things aren't going Dzeko's way as the ball rolls down his arm to waste a good chance of a shot at goal...
    • 62' Penalty claims for Bosnia as Paulo Ferreira appears to scythe down Dzeko but replays show he clearly won the ball first...
    • 59' Dzeko booked for leading with the elbow...
    • 58' CHANCE! Simao's delivers a lovely back heel to tee up Meireles, who slams wide from the edge of the box...
    • 56' GOAL! Bosnia 0-1 Portugal! Raul Meireles surely ends Bosnia's chances with a calmly taken finish after Nani's unselfish assist...
    • 54' CHANCE! Great ball in from the left for Bosnia but Muslimovic shows no intention of getting his head on the end of it...
    • 51' CLOSE! Pjanic lets rip from 25 yards and the ball zips wide of the post...
    • 50' MASSIVE SAVE! Hasagic saves Bosnia again! Nani does brilliantly to wriggle free inside the box, he keeps his shot low but Hasagic gets his foot to the ball...
    • 48' OFFSIDE! Dzeko receives the ball right in front of goal but he's about 10 yards offside...
    • 47' Early foul on Nani, who will look to run in behind the Bosnia defence more and more during this second half...
    • 46' The second half is underway, Bosnia-Herzegovina have 45 minutes to keep their dreams alive...
    • 45' Muslimovic replaces Medunjanin for Bosnia...
    • 45' HALF TIME. 0-0. Thank the Lord we only have 45 minutes left...
    • 42' For those who care, Ireland are beating France 1-0! That's 1-1 on aggregate...
    • 40' Duda leads another Portugal attack but it breaks down at the edge of the box. I like the look of Duda...
    • 37' Yellow card for Nadarevic after a cynical swing of the arm in the direction of little Liedson...
    • 36' Half chance for Bosnia as Ibisevic drives at goal from outside of the box but it's never threatening the target...
    • 35' There are some lovely touches by the Portuguese but we're not getting near either goal. I might have to start making things up! (Don't worry, I won't)...
    • 32' A huge bobble sums up this pitch. The ball leaps up at Simao to waist-height, making it impossible to control the ball...
    • 29' Duda is having a fine game for the visitors...
    • 28' Simao booked for leaving his studs in...
    • 27' Jahic booked for a poor challenge...
    • 26' MASSIVE SAVE! The best piece of football of the match, started by Duda, moved on by Liedson and then Nani down the left, eventually ending with Simao running onto Tiago's back-heel but Hasagic makes a huge save!...
    • 23' I'd love to say this was a cracking football match, but the pitch is making life really difficult for the players...
    • 21' If you were going into battle, Nani would be the last man you'd take. Even after your Gran. He really needs to knuckle down for Portugal here...
    • 19' SHOT! Ibisevic drives towards goal and shoots from 25 yards but the effort is as tame as Peter Andre...
    • 17' BIG CHANCE! Bajramovic delivers a super cross for Dzeko to feast upon in the centre of Portugal's area, but Pepe matches the forward every step of the way...
    • 15' Even worse by Nani! I'm not joking, this shot was well over 50 yards above the bar - woeful shot!...
    • 13' Shocking shot by Pepe goes at least 35 yards over the bar...
    • 12' Dzeko looks an absolute handful upfront for Bosnia...
    • 10' Portugal have a three-on-three counter attack but Nani slips and the chance is lost...
    • 9' Corner to Bosnia, awful slice by Duda...
    • 7' HALF CHANCE! Lovely skill by Ibisevic opens up a yard inside the Portuguese box, he cuts the ball back but Raul Meireles is on hand to clear the danger...
    • 6' CHANCE! Simao's inswinging corner is glanced at the near post by Tiago but he heads directly at the keeper. Good chance...
    • 5' Corner to Portugal here...
    • 3' It's fair to say it's not a great pitch in Zenica...
    • 2' An early piece of simulation from Nadarevic, awful to see...
    • 1' We are underway, Portugal lead 1-0 from the first leg, but that could all be about to change...
    • - Pjanic and Simao are my two men to watch, both quality footballers...
    • - Portugal are greeted by fierce boos, although it's unclear to this tongue-in-cheek reporter as to whether they are coming from the Portugal fans towards Carlos Quieroz ...
    • - The teams are about to emerge, make your predictions now. I'll go 1-1 on the night, with Portugal qualifying 2-1 on aggregate...
    • - The teams have arrived, Deco only makes the bench for Portugal...
    • - BOSNIA: Hasagic, Nadareviv, Jahic, Pandza, Pjanic, Bajramovic, Ibricic, Medunjanin, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Dzeko
    • - PORTUGAL: Eduardo, Duda, Bruno Alves, Pepe, Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Tiago, Raul Meireles, Simao, Nani, Liedson
    • - Nani proved to be Portugal's provider in the first leg, how highly do you Portuguese fans rate the Manchester United man? Far too inconsistent for my money...
    • - Emir Spahic, Elver Rahimic and Samir Muratovic will all be missing from the starting line-ups this evening, which are expected imminently, so Bosnia's hopes rest on the shoulder of nine-goal Edin Dzeko...
    • - The Portuguese hold a slender 1-0 lead, but Bosnia hit the woodwork at least three times in the first leg...this one's not over...
    • - Good evening and welcome to our live text commentary from Bosnia-Herzegovina v Portugal...
  • Summary

    • 82' CHANCE! Big chance for Dzeko, who flicks the ball past Carvalho but then drags his volley wide...
    • 78' Salihovic red carded for Bosnia for dissent, and now we have a delay after the linesman was hit by a missile...
    • 76' GOOD SAVE! Pjanic unleashes a 30-yard ripper of a free kick but Eduardo leaps full stretch to tip over...
    • 72' CHANCE! It's Meireles again! Clean through, the first touch is exceptional but his volley arcs inches wide of the post!...
    • 58' CHANCE! Simao's delivers a lovely back heel to tee up Meireles, who slams wide from the edge of the box...
    • 51' CLOSE! Pjanic lets rip from 25 yards and the ball zips wide of the post...
    • 50' MASSIVE SAVE! Hasagic saves Bosnia again! Nani does brilliantly to wriggle free inside the box, he keeps his shot low but Hasagic gets his foot to the ball...
    • 26' MASSIVE SAVE! The best piece of football of the match, started by Duda, moved on by Liedson and then Nani down the left, eventually ending with Simao running onto Tiago's back-heel but Hasagic makes a huge save!...
    • 17' BIG CHANCE! Bajramovic delivers a super cross for Dzeko to feast upon in the centre of Portugal's area, but Pepe matches the forward every step of the way...

Team lineup & ratings

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

  • Portugal

    Manager: Carlos Queirós

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Bosnia-Herzegovina

      Manager: Miroslav Blazevic

      Starting line-up

      • K. Hasagic
      • B. Pandža
      • S. Nadarevic Yellow Card
      • S. Jahic Yellow Card
      • Z. Bajramovic Substitution Out (83′)
      • M. Pjanic
      • S. Ibricic
      • H. Medunjanin Substitution Out (45′)
      • S. Salihovic Red Card
      • E. Džeko Yellow Card
      • V. Ibisevic

      Subs

      • N. Milenkovic
      • A. Begovic
      • Z. Muslimovic Substitution In45′
      • D. Damjanovic
      • A. Mravac
      • D. Mirvic
      • D. Berberovic Substitution In83′ Yellow Card
    • Portugal

      Manager: Carlos Queirós

      Starting line-up

      • Eduardo
      • Paulo Ferreira
      • R. Carvalho
      • Bruno Alves
      • Duda
      • Pepe
      • Tiago
      • Raul Meireles Goal
      • Nani Substitution Out (73′)
      • Simão Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
      • Liedson Substitution Out (90′)

      Subs

      • H. Almeida
      • M. Veloso Substitution In90′
      • Deco Substitution In80′
      • Miguel
      • Hilário
      • Edinho Substitution In73′
      • Rolando
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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      Yellow Card 5.4 -
      Yellow Card 5.2 -
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out83′ 5.6 -
      6 -
      5.5 -
      Substitution Out45′ 6.1 -
      Red Card 5.2 -
      Strikers
      Yellow Card 7 -
      6.8 -
      Subs
      Substitution In45′ 5.2 -
      Substitution In83′ Yellow Card 5.8 -
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      Strikers
      Substitution Out73′ 6.7 -
      Yellow Card Substitution Out80′ 6.2 -
      Substitution Out90′ 5.7 -
      Subs
      Substitution In90′ 5.7 -
      Substitution In80′ 6.1 -
      Substitution In73′ 5.5 -

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  1. The cheat Ronaldo, and his cheating nation Portugal,­ scrape through to the World Cup via the corrupt play­ offs. Oh why oh why couldn't he of lost his legs in­ that car accident? Ronaldo is the planet's biggest­ w @ nker. It's a sad day for football

    From SHAUN, on Thu 19 Nov 9:27PM
  2. portugal should failed to win this game...

    From Sean, on Thu 19 Nov 9:18PM
  3. Bosnia had the chance to play play-off thanks to­ Turkish coach (now ex) Fatih Terim. Bosnia is not a­ talented world class soccer team and their expectance­ of taking part in WCup is out of mind in this point of­ view. Portugal is such a team they'll never beat.

    From chewbacca, on Thu 19 Nov 8:18PM
  4. YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!! PORTUGAL TO WORLD CUP NEXT YEAR­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIVA RONALDOOOO !! and everybody else­ too.

    From ppetra84, on Thu 19 Nov 6:12PM
  5. Does anyone of these "knowledgeable"people­ really knows what happened in Portugal weekago? Yes­ there is a war in Bosnia,but it is stoped before 13­ years!!!!! I do not remember that there is a war in­ Portugal, but steel they consider our funs like there­ is a war in Portugal now! I do not know how can you­ expect some respect from Bosnian funs, if you treated­ them like trash?????????? And not just from a Bosnian­ funs, but from any funs in the world!!!
    Shame on­ you!!!!!!

    From oljatesic, on Thu 19 Nov 6:07PM
  6. Before learning to play football Bosnia should learn to­ respect football! Anyways they were a one off team.­ Dont think they will have a similar team in the year­ 2014. They have a long way to go. Moreover they have­ been fairing horribly of late in the last 6 months­ including a defeat to Iran.

    From rui, on Thu 19 Nov 5:29PM
  7. Full Match Highlights available at :­ bit.ly/bosnia-vs-portugal-181109/

    From Brian H, on Thu 19 Nov 4:00PM
  8. Portugal don't deserve it. B&G was better.

    From sergymclaren, on Thu 19 Nov 3:23PM
  9. portugal,aleeee,south africa wait for us,benfica4ever.™

    From Paulo, on Thu 19 Nov 7:11AM
  10. Some of your comments are just stupid.
    First thing -­ Portugal got the game after that goal.Before that it­ was a close match.Pitch was bad no doubt,But still you­ didnt showed anything better then us.A lot of mistakes­ and lot of bad plays on both sides.Still I dont see a­ trainer that worried like your was if their team is­ "dominating".After the goal morale of our­ players felt down and you could do whatever you wanted­ to do.Why didnt you scored more goals?Maybe its­ something that you must work on cause having a 3 on 1,4­ on 2 ,5 on 3 counter attacks and not scored single goal­ is just bad play,just like we have to work and learn­ from our mistakes.Same thing happened with Spain which­ gave us a 2 quick goals which had effect on our players­ and their morale.
    Second thing - What did our fans did­ to your players?First visit some sites and see what­ Serbian fans did to our fans in Serbia last­ qualifications in a crucial game.Our fans got there to­ cheer for our country.Got there healthy and got back­ without fingers,broken arms,legs heads,and not only­ that.On stadium there was a nationalism posts,a couple­ of them and they didnt get removed,but our ones which­ didnt had anyyyyy nationalism messagges were stolen by­ their police..All thaaaat that we in Bosnia could see­ noone else couldnt.Why?Cause FIFA doesnt care about­ small countries,because they dont care.But if One­ portugal player or fan even broke his nail all the­ WORLD KNOWS...Why some of our fans were unfair is­ because of big pressure and importence of the­ match.Translating from one of our sites here from a­ fans:We know that it isnt a fair play and is wrong but­ We are simply to excited know, and we want to go to­ WC.And incident on tonight game and throwing things on­ field is just something that our fans do all the time.I­ dont like it and I know it gives a bad picture of our­ fans and hole nation but it simply cant stop.
    Portugal­ still played better and you deserved the win in the­ end.Congrats on that and wish you l

    From totadisco, on Thu 19 Nov 7:10AM
  11. Some of your comments are just stupid.
    First thing -­ Portugal got the game after that goal.Before that it­ was a close match.Pitch was bad no doubt,But still you­ didnt showed anything better then us.A lot of mistakes­ and lot of bad plays on both sides.Still I dont see a­ trainer that worried like your was if their team is­ "dominating".After the goal morale of our­ players felt down and you could do whatever you wanted­ to do.Why didnt you scored more goals?Maybe its­ something that you must work on cause having a 3 on 1,4­ on 2 ,5 on 3 counter attacks and not scored single goal­ is just bad play,just like we have to work and learn­ from our mistakes.Same thing happened with Spain which­ gave us a 2 quick goals which had effect on our players­ and their morale.
    Second thing - What did our fans did­ to your players?First visit some sites and see what­ Serbian fans did to our fans in Serbia last­ qualifications in a crucial game.Our fans got there to­ cheer for our country.Got there healthy and got back­ without fingers,broken arms,legs heads,and not only­ that.On stadium there was a nationalism posts,a couple­ of them and they didnt get removed,but our ones which­ didnt had anyyyyy nationalism messagges were stolen by­ their police..All thaaaat that we in Bosnia could see­ noone else couldnt.Why?Cause FIFA doesnt care about­ small countries,because they dont care.But if One­ portugal player or fan even broke his nail all the­ WORLD KNOWS...Why some of our fans were unfair is­ because of big pressure and importence of the­ match.Translating from one of our sites here from a­ fans:We know that it isnt a fair play and is wrong but­ We are simply to excited know, and we want to go to­ WC.And incident on tonight game and throwing things on­ field is just something that our fans do all the time.I­ dont like it and I know it gives a bad picture of our­ fans and hole nation but it simply cant stop.
    Portugal­ still played better and you deserved the win in the­ end.Congrats on that and wish you l

    From totadisco, on Thu 19 Nov 7:10AM
  12. I'm so happy to see PORTUGAL in South Africa but I­ am more happy to see bosnia been quik out. bosnia­ dosen't deserve to go to South Africa, they realy­ need to learn more about respect and fairplay.

    GO­ PORTUGAL GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    From ar_mota, on Thu 19 Nov 7:07AM
  13. t bone eat a fat one portugal as always cheats ofcourse­ that @#$% ronaldo has to play in the WC use will get­ munched inda world cup

    From masicerko, on Thu 19 Nov 7:03AM
  14. Hope Portugal will fail to make in the second round.

    From zekovicmerjem, on Thu 19 Nov 6:07AM
  15. Hope Portugal will fail to make in the second round.

    From zekovicmerjem, on Thu 19 Nov 6:06AM
  16. Can't get over how bad this Bosnia team is, yes we­ should have won 7-0, lousy stadium, horrible classless­ fans and very mediocre players, Hungary or Finland­ would have smacked them around!

    From t bone, on Thu 19 Nov 6:00AM
  17. BOSNIA WAS UNLUCKY AS USUALL, PORTUGAL ARE NOTHING­ SPECIAL JUST LUCKY.
    THEY ALSO HAD REFEREES IN THEIR­ POCKETS. CHEATS!

    From almirbajramo, on Thu 19 Nov 6:00AM
  18. TBone.
    Shut the FK up. Talking about classless fans.­ Go read first what your fans did to our players, fans­ and TV crew on Wednesday. Don't talk when you­ don't know @#$% about what's actually going on­ in the world.
    Wow. Seriously, you are pissing people­ off with your class act.

    From menziLLa, on Thu 19 Nov 5:58AM
  19. The Portugal haters are silenced.... Stay that way!

    From Jeremy, on Thu 19 Nov 5:56AM
  20. Thank you Chilton, although I am rooting for Portugal,­ objectively speaking, Bosnia is terrible!!!

    From t bone, on Thu 19 Nov 5:53AM
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