Nigeria v Bosnia-Herzegovina

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:00:55. > :01:02.Good evening. Two fascinating games so far today. Fingers crossed for

:01:03. > :01:05.your late-night Saturday night entertainment which features of

:01:06. > :01:11.champions ever Africa against the World Cup debutantes. It's Nigeria

:01:12. > :01:18.verses Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both looking to improve on their opening

:01:19. > :01:20.results. Commend What a moment for the people of Bosnia and

:01:21. > :01:31.Herzegovina. They are finally here on the big statement. We really

:01:32. > :01:42.should always expect the unexpected of the African Champion, Nigeria.

:01:43. > :01:51.A little flick. An own-goal. Argentina are in front.

:01:52. > :02:06.Messi finding his way in. Messi takes it up again. He Dannses away.

:02:07. > :02:08.He scores. Lionel Messi. Ameobi! Good chance. Oh, dear. It sums up

:02:09. > :02:25.Nigeria, doesn't it? He is in behind here. It's crept in.

:02:26. > :02:29.The goal for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The African champions can't get off

:02:30. > :02:36.to a winning start. They have an uphill task. Bosnia, Nigeria, that

:02:37. > :02:39.could be very significant. Here in the studio tonight are Martin Keown

:02:40. > :02:43.and Philip Neville. Before we discuss tonight's match, here's how

:02:44. > :02:45.the other two teams in this Group faired earlier today. Argentina went

:02:46. > :02:48.into their game with Iran knowing that a win would book them

:02:49. > :02:52.into their game with Iran knowing in the last-16. Iran had the better

:02:53. > :02:58.chances in the second-half, the pick of them, that header from Dejagah,

:02:59. > :03:05.it produced arguably the save of the tournament so far. Then with it

:03:06. > :03:15.still goalless, in the first minute of second-half injury-time, you know

:03:16. > :03:20.who did that. For the second game in succession, Lionel Messi has won all

:03:21. > :03:25.three points for his country. Argentina are through to the second

:03:26. > :03:29.round. Iran can count themselves desperately unlucky to be behind

:03:30. > :03:31.Nigeria on goal difference. The result means that Bosnia and

:03:32. > :03:38.Herzegovina will be eliminated if they lose tonight. You have to feel

:03:39. > :03:41.for Iran, haven't you? 100%. Who would believed it. You would have

:03:42. > :03:47.thought Argentina scoring in their first game a late goal. Messi would

:03:48. > :03:51.arrive and win it comfortably. Iran, when they look back at the match

:03:52. > :03:55.they will kick themselves they didn't win the game. Messi turns up

:03:56. > :04:02.again. Great to see the top players performing well. Did Iran perform by

:04:03. > :04:08.sitting back, soak up the pressure and hit them on the counter-attack?

:04:09. > :04:12.Yes. In the first game they sat back, didn't counter-attack. In this

:04:13. > :04:16.game they did. Argentina took them lightly today. Would we be harsh in

:04:17. > :04:21.saying that maybe you shouldn't let Messi come inside on his left-foot?

:04:22. > :04:25.We have been saying it for years. When he comes onto that left-foot.

:04:26. > :04:29.It looks simple for him. The goal looks massive. The quality he has.

:04:30. > :04:34.He bent it from outside the far post, on the replay from behind. The

:04:35. > :04:38.curl starts off - Unbelievable effort. We see him do it time and

:04:39. > :04:41.time again. That is where he is at his best. They have to get him to

:04:42. > :04:46.the right hand side. Let us hear from two men who will be in direct

:04:47. > :04:47.opposition tonight. Nigeria's centre forward and the Bosnia and

:04:48. > :04:57.Being able to play the world stage Herzegovina goalkeeper.

:04:58. > :05:02.Being able to play the world stage against Argentina was a big

:05:03. > :05:08.challenge for us. COMMENTATOR: He Dannses away. He

:05:09. > :05:13.scores. We made some mistakes that we need to learn from.

:05:14. > :05:17.COMMENTATOR:, a little flick. It's an own-goal. Make mistakes and learn

:05:18. > :05:21.different things every day. It's part of the experience. We showed

:05:22. > :05:24.everyone we can play football and compete against the best teams in

:05:25. > :05:29.the world. If we lose to Nigeria we are out of the tournament. That

:05:30. > :05:32.pressure exists we look at the other side, we are looking going into the

:05:33. > :05:38.game thinking and make sure we get a positive result.

:05:39. > :05:41.COMMENTATOR: Good strength. Desperate defending from Iran.

:05:42. > :05:47.Effort across the face of goal is wide. The game against Iran we were

:05:48. > :05:53.disappointed. COMMENTATOR: He can't get off to

:05:54. > :06:03.waning start. Already they have a uphill it is a blg.

:06:04. > :06:07.waning start. Already they have a low, but it's not the end of the

:06:08. > :06:12.world. We have to beat Bosnia and we can still go through. Everyone is

:06:13. > :06:15.really working hard. We have to go out there against Bosnia to play

:06:16. > :06:20.better than what we did against Iran. Against Iran we didn't really

:06:21. > :06:24.do much. Against Bosnia and Herzegovina it will be something

:06:25. > :06:27.that people will not expect. I think the quality that we have shown in

:06:28. > :06:33.every single game is our fearlessness. We go into every game

:06:34. > :06:36.attacking and winning games. That is our mentality. That is always our

:06:37. > :06:40.mentality am we try to win the game. That is the best quality we have.

:06:41. > :06:50.The we will be positive once again and take the game to Nigeria and see

:06:51. > :06:51.what happens there. As far as the Bosnian team is concerned this

:06:52. > :07:20.evening: Are you surprised that Susic has

:07:21. > :07:25.gone with Dzeko on his own? I'm surprised because he scored 18 goals

:07:26. > :07:27.in qualification. They are formidable up there. It will suit

:07:28. > :07:31.Dzeko. Brilliant formidable up there. It will suit

:07:32. > :07:34.and playing up there on his own and bringing people into play.

:07:35. > :07:40.and playing up there on his own and suit him better. The one man who is

:07:41. > :07:45.brilliant ahead of all other Bosnians against Argentina was the

:07:46. > :07:49.Roma midfielder. He pulled the strings. Pjanic, a wonderful talent.

:07:50. > :07:53.No doubt. He is comfortable in possession. He will play things

:07:54. > :07:57.simple if he has to. If you put him in a tight position he wriggles out.

:07:58. > :07:57.This is looking at the touch map here.

:07:58. > :07:59.in a tight position he wriggles out. This is looking at the touch map

:08:00. > :08:03.here. Phil, you watched him play as well. He is everywhere. What I like

:08:04. > :08:09.about him. He takes the ball off everybody on the pitch. If you

:08:10. > :08:13.about him. He takes the ball off defender he takes the ball off the

:08:14. > :08:19.defender. Under pressure. Not a danger. Finds his team-mates. That

:08:20. > :08:23.is when he is at his best. You think you have him. He plays it simple

:08:24. > :08:26.when necessary. Doesn't over play. Look at his control here. He is

:08:27. > :08:31.looking for the pass. He finds his team-mate. He mounts those attacks.

:08:32. > :08:35.He is only young, this is a guided header with good vision. When I

:08:36. > :08:42.assess midfield players I look at the head movement when under

:08:43. > :08:45.pressure. That is Scholes, over his shoulder, looking at the next pass

:08:46. > :08:47.where he gets. It a picture of where everyone is on the pitch. You need

:08:48. > :08:50.to do the other everyone is on the pitch. You need

:08:51. > :08:55.of the game. This is Messi against Argentina. He wins the ball back.

:08:56. > :09:00.Bosnia are counter-attacking. He is one of the best midfield players in

:09:01. > :09:05.Europe at the moment. There will be lots of kids listening, they don't

:09:06. > :09:09.have to get up for school, that look over the shoulder before you get the

:09:10. > :09:16.ball is massively important? Well, I played in midfield, I couldn't do

:09:17. > :09:22.that. It defines the good midfield players from the great midfielders.

:09:23. > :09:26.Scholes had an awareness in the brain before it came to them. It is

:09:27. > :09:29.that little photograph. The Spanish aren't in the competition. Take a

:09:30. > :09:33.look and see what is around. The picture might be changing. They play

:09:34. > :09:37.the pass. You think - how did they see that? It's the vision they have

:09:38. > :09:42.and confidence to carry it out. Did you think you would do that but

:09:43. > :09:46.would for get when the ball came to you I had been learning since I was

:09:47. > :09:48.16. I couldn't do it. It's a difficult skill. All the top players

:09:49. > :10:07.can do it. Here is the Nigeria team: They search for more creative spark.

:10:08. > :10:11.They need some creative spark, don't they, Phil, maybe from this man,

:10:12. > :10:15.who, when you watch Nigeria, is a different player for them than he is

:10:16. > :10:19.for Chelsea. The most experienced midfield player in their team. In

:10:20. > :10:23.the first game I was frustrated watching him, slow, laboured on the

:10:24. > :10:29.ball, taking three or four touches, wasn't passing forward. He was one

:10:30. > :10:38.of the main reasons why Nigeria were so poor in that first game. He was a

:10:39. > :10:42.top talent as a 17-year-old He was a top player and creative. He wants to

:10:43. > :10:47.do something but doesn't have the pace to make a difference in the

:10:48. > :10:54.final third. He doesn't play regularly enough? He was the second

:10:55. > :11:00.best player, he was that good. He hasn't kicked on. It is a lack of

:11:01. > :11:06.pace that he doesn't have. He has a big physical attribute. He should be

:11:07. > :11:10.running forward almost Vieira like. He slows things down. He doesn't use

:11:11. > :11:19.the physicality he should be They were using. Runners-up in 2007, 2013

:11:20. > :11:25.and 2009. Keshi's plan, sounds familiar this, is to build for a

:11:26. > :11:30.future tournament and build for the 2018 World Cup. It is. You need that

:11:31. > :11:36.experience. He hadn't played for 18 months coming into this tournament.

:11:37. > :11:41.He will play a major part tonight. What do you predict tonight? Before

:11:42. > :11:43.this tournament Bosnia having get through the first game against

:11:44. > :11:48.Argentina they would see this next it two as easy. This World Cup

:11:49. > :11:52.hasn't done easy games. I think it will be a tight game. I think Bosnia

:11:53. > :11:55.will win it. They have quality players in there. We will see it now

:11:56. > :11:59.and be will in for a treat. At half-time we will look at how

:12:00. > :12:04.Brazilian players develop their technical skills. By using

:12:05. > :12:08.#bbcworldcup or by commenting on the Match of the Day Facebook page you

:12:09. > :12:17.can tell us who you think has demonstrated the best technique

:12:18. > :12:27.nique in this World Cup and why. Now we will go to Cuiaba and join Kevin

:12:28. > :12:40.Kilbane and Steve Wilson. COMMENTATOR: It is likely that

:12:41. > :12:47.whoever wins this game will join Argentina in the last-16 of the

:12:48. > :12:54.tournament. But Bosnia, in white, are playing a game of (inaudible) if

:12:55. > :13:01.they lose to Nigeria this evening, then Bosnia will be out. Lovely

:13:02. > :13:05.arein. One of the smallest. In FIFA official figures, the smallest of

:13:06. > :13:11.the World Cup venues. 41,000 it holds. Almost in a way the most

:13:12. > :13:17.British, just four two-tier stands forming a rectangle around the

:13:18. > :13:25.pitch. The humidity is high. The temperature is mid '80s. Local time

:13:26. > :13:31.is 5.55pm. There is a one-hour time difference between Cuiaba and Rio

:13:32. > :13:37.and Sao Paulo and the rest of the venues. So here they come.

:13:38. > :13:40.and Sao Paulo and the rest of the Kilbane around. You saw Nigeria in

:13:41. > :13:47.their first game you weren't impressed? Not at all. Listen to

:13:48. > :13:50.Phil talking about Mikel, I think he slowed play down. Poor throughout.

:13:51. > :13:57.They will be looking on him this evening to put in a better

:13:58. > :14:01.performance. Up front as well they struggled to get the service they

:14:02. > :14:08.needed. They were disappointing. Bosnia were disappointed with their

:14:09. > :14:09.result. They did play well against Argentina. The Nigerian anthem

:14:10. > :14:22.first. # Arise, O compatriots

:14:23. > :14:26.Nigeria's call obey # To serve our Fatherland

:14:27. > :14:31.With love and strength and faith # The labour of our heroes past

:14:32. > :14:37.Shall never be in vain # To serve with heart and might

:14:38. > :14:42.One nation bound in freedom # Direct our noble cause

:14:43. > :14:52.Guide our Leaders right # Help our Youth the truth to know

:14:53. > :14:56.In love and honesty to grow # And living just and true

:14:57. > :15:08.Great lofty heights attain The winner of the Cup as both a

:15:09. > :15:24.player and manager. # Mother of ours, land of Bosnia

:15:25. > :15:42.# I belong to you # In the heart are yours

:15:43. > :15:47.# Rivers, mountains # Proud and famous

:15:48. > :15:50.# Land of ancestors # You shall live in our hearts

:15:51. > :15:55.# Ever more # Generations of yours

:15:56. > :15:57.# Show up one: # We go into the future

:15:58. > :16:24.# Together! passionate entourage of supporters.

:16:25. > :16:38.Set that is here in Cuiaba this evening. Begovic, very familiar, in

:16:39. > :16:49.gold. He turned 27 yesterday. As did his team-mate, who has been dropped,

:16:50. > :16:56.Kolasinac. It really is a big occasion, this one, there is so much

:16:57. > :17:02.at stake. Nigeria, African champions. Three changes, one of

:17:03. > :17:08.them enforced. Godfrey Oboabona is injured, Joseph Yobo is coming in,

:17:09. > :17:11.winning and 99th cap this evening. As these is replaced by Peter

:17:12. > :17:19.Odemwingie and Victor Moses has lost his place to Babatunde. The tweaks

:17:20. > :17:26.that have been made are attacking ones, taking out as these, a

:17:27. > :17:32.defensive midfielder, and ones, taking out as these, a

:17:33. > :17:37.in Odemwingie to play behind Emenike. The referee is Peter

:17:38. > :17:39.Leary, from New Zealand. A big night for him as well, this is his first

:17:40. > :18:03.ever World Cup finals match. The Bosnian coach, Safet Susic, has

:18:04. > :18:15.made a couple of changes. Sunjic and Medunjanin are coming in, with

:18:16. > :18:21.Kolasinac left out. I wouldn't be surprised if he is injured. He

:18:22. > :18:22.scored an own goal early on against Argentina but I think he played

:18:23. > :18:28.pretty well aside from that. Argentina but I think he played

:18:29. > :18:36.number eight, is very much the playmaker but we also like Besic,

:18:37. > :18:43.number seven. Much less heralded player, only 21, plays for

:18:44. > :18:47.Ferencvaros. Saw a great quote from a Bosnian journalist, saying that

:18:48. > :18:52.planet Earth is 70% covered by water and the other 30% covered by Besic,

:18:53. > :19:00.which is a great line. We know what a good season Pjanic has had at

:19:01. > :19:03.Roma, but I really like the look of Besic alongside him. Again, it puts

:19:04. > :19:08.him in the shop window, I'm sure there will be a lot of Premier

:19:09. > :19:14.League scouts watching him. Just to reiterate, Argentina three, that

:19:15. > :19:23.late Messi goal put them through. Bosnia will be out if they lose here

:19:24. > :19:26.to Nigeria. Neither side can ensure qualification this evening but the

:19:27. > :19:34.winners of this match will feel that they are one small step away from

:19:35. > :19:41.the last 16. The referee is happy. Nigeria, all in green, will kick off

:19:42. > :19:44.from left to right. They have the advantage of playing in the

:19:45. > :19:49.Confederations Cup last summer, experiencing the conditions. But on

:19:50. > :19:53.the whole, they had a disappointing tournament and they disappointed in

:19:54. > :20:00.that opening game against Iran as well. But you have got to credit

:20:01. > :20:27.Iran for the way they have played in their two matches.

:20:28. > :20:35.A lovely turn away from John Obi Mikel from Dzeko. Dzeko was waiting.

:20:36. > :20:55.Cleared away. Efe Ambrose for Nigeria. The early

:20:56. > :20:58.signs are, I think Pjanic is going to be a little bit further up the

:20:59. > :21:10.field then he was in the first match. Medunjanin and Besic, on the

:21:11. > :21:15.ball now, are the two holders. Exactly, using his creativity, and

:21:16. > :21:18.the power and pace he has got as well, excellent footballer. Playing

:21:19. > :21:24.higher up makes more sense from a Bosnian point of view. Nigeria are

:21:25. > :21:29.snapping into tackles, showing more desired embedded the other night

:21:30. > :21:43.against Iran. -- more desired and they did.

:21:44. > :21:58.Sunjic made half a block. He tried to shrug off to plays himself,

:21:59. > :22:01.Emenike. Much better. Certainly, much more endeavour from the

:22:02. > :22:09.Nigerians. They know they need to win it. Odemwingie is playing as

:22:10. > :22:16.well, you can provide a spark. -- he can provide. Odemwingie is waiting

:22:17. > :22:30.for this corner in the six yard box. Five in green in the penalty area.

:22:31. > :22:45.Sliced wide for the goalkick. Decent opening, wasn't it? Onazi just

:22:46. > :22:52.couldn't get hold of his strike. Onazi and Lulic are team-mates at

:22:53. > :22:55.Lazio. There were big hugs going on between Spahic and Odemwingie in the

:22:56. > :23:23.tunnel before the game, former team-mates at Lokomotiv Moscow.

:23:24. > :23:30.The flag is up. I think it was intended for Edin Dzeko, they

:23:31. > :23:37.could've done without Pjanic getting involved that. It was. Good slot it

:23:38. > :23:46.ball through to him. Pjanic already is getting in beyond Dzeko, good

:23:47. > :23:54.movement. Had he left it... He clearly is offside, but Dzeko is

:23:55. > :23:55.running in. He stepped in a bit too soon, but Dzeko, good movement

:23:56. > :24:17.initially. Omeruo, he was on the books at

:24:18. > :24:28.Chelsea although he played on loan at Middlesbrough last season.

:24:29. > :24:36.I don't think Babatunde can get there. Interesting, Lulic playing at

:24:37. > :24:39.left-back, it isn't really his position at all. He's more than

:24:40. > :24:46.attacking midfielder. Do have problems in that position,

:24:47. > :24:55.Salihovic, the left-back, is injured. They are saying that

:24:56. > :25:00.Kolasinac is injured. Ahmed Musa has a lot of pace, he has a job on. He

:25:01. > :25:08.should have continued his run. But he decided to try and play the ball

:25:09. > :25:15.for the overlapping run. That is a terrible ball! He is fouled by

:25:16. > :25:24.Medunjanin. Spahic with a horrible pass. Medunjanin gets the yellow

:25:25. > :25:32.card. Emenike recognised he had the pace on Medunjanin. Actually, Ahmed

:25:33. > :25:36.Musa, wasn't it. That's what he needs to do. We didn't see enough

:25:37. > :25:42.from him the other night in possession. But it was a good run.

:25:43. > :25:57.Not much Medunjanin could do. And he is in the book.

:25:58. > :26:06.John Obi Mikel standing over this, with Peter Odemwingie.

:26:07. > :26:15.Begovic has five in his wall. That wasn't far away from Odemwingie!

:26:16. > :26:24.Nigeria claiming it took a deflection. Great effort. Begovic at

:26:25. > :26:28.full stretch. Just unfortunate he couldn't get inside the left-hand

:26:29. > :26:30.post there. Really good technique from Odemwingie, it was a deflection

:26:31. > :26:42.as well, it should be a corner. It had Begovic at full stretch,

:26:43. > :27:16.that's for sure. Besic when the goal, he had other

:27:17. > :27:17.options. We spoke about Besic before the game, he

:27:18. > :27:23.options. We spoke about Besic before footballer, alongside Pjanic. That

:27:24. > :27:33.time, getting forward. Didn't get the ball out of his feet enough. He

:27:34. > :27:33.did have a runner, though. Bosnia-Herzegovina's youngest ever

:27:34. > :27:50.international, Besic. Spahic, the captain, will be

:27:51. > :27:53.absolutely delighted that his woeful pass into the path of Ahmed Musa

:27:54. > :28:13.wasn't more damaging. A great run from Ahmed Musa, he was

:28:14. > :28:35.onside, as well! Great pace. awareness as well from Emenike. You

:28:36. > :28:38.should have done better. The Nigerians are looking to soak up the

:28:39. > :28:40.go on the counterattack. They Nigerians are looking to soak up the

:28:41. > :28:45.weren't able to do Nigerians are looking to soak up the

:28:46. > :29:07.Free kick, fouled by Odemwingie. He look far more threatening already.

:29:08. > :29:17.Free kick, fouled by Odemwingie. He didn't

:29:18. > :29:26.Just the arm up over Misimovic to take this free kick for

:29:27. > :29:57.Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ambrose got in the way. Babatunde

:29:58. > :30:02.couldn't control. Ahmed Musa is onto it!

:30:03. > :30:14.Good strength from Emenike. A bit stretched here, Bosnia. Begovic

:30:15. > :30:21.await his right hand side, and McHale, off target. Always looking

:30:22. > :30:25.to stretch the Bosnian defence. Decent enough strike from John Obi

:30:26. > :30:33.Mikel, didn't really feel confident he was going to the target though.

:30:34. > :30:45.But it is positive, much better from Nigeria this evening.

:30:46. > :30:48.World Cup, Nigeria. They will be hoping, they have matched that

:30:49. > :31:00.already, they will hope to do better, obviously. Lulic, Misimovic.

:31:01. > :31:04.You mentioned earlier on the Confederation Cup, they did struggle

:31:05. > :31:12.last year, they didn't get momentum from that. They do have quality.

:31:13. > :31:32.Mikel, nicely left. Odubajo, Obi Mikel, Spahic made the challenge. Up

:31:33. > :32:00.to Dzeko. Here's Celtic's Ambrose. Besic. Good work by Emenike.

:32:01. > :32:09.They did beat the other team in that group, who were the champions, it

:32:10. > :32:16.was tie heaty. Nigeria beat them six, tie heaty got one. That was the

:32:17. > :32:20.headline. Scored by a central defender who told the press in the

:32:21. > :32:28.press conference, the day before the game, that he climbs coconut trees

:32:29. > :32:35.for a living. He is an ecologist, but it sounds better. Mikel, good

:32:36. > :32:50.ball that. Offside. They look the better team at the moment, Nigeria,

:32:51. > :32:57.don't they? They do. He is looking to come inside. Looking to play one,

:32:58. > :33:03.twos with Emenike and Musa. Good decision, definitely offside.

:33:04. > :33:25.Over confident, dispossessed by Babatunde. Decent save by Begovic.

:33:26. > :33:32.Onazi with the drive. Confident player. He had options as well,

:33:33. > :33:38.going forward. Seems a decent strike. Comfortable save for

:33:39. > :33:45.Begovic. He had options there ahead of him. Could have played it and

:33:46. > :33:55.perhaps created something else. Free-kick.

:33:56. > :34:21.Header from Yobo, lucky no-one in white was running in behind. A

:34:22. > :34:35.gamble, trying to get across your man.

:34:36. > :35:08.Cut out by Onazi. That will be a Nigerian free-kick. A word for Besic

:35:09. > :35:13.from Peter O'Leary, the ref. He is looking at Besic. He was a break on,

:35:14. > :35:19.down that right hand side for Nigeria. Just soaking up the

:35:20. > :35:26.pressure. Dominating possession at the moment, Bosnia, Nigeria look

:35:27. > :35:34.more the threat. Odemwingie. Babatunde. Emenike. Not sure that

:35:35. > :35:44.was the best idea to clear like that. Anyway. Here is Pjanic. Never

:35:45. > :35:56.going to find Dzeko with that. If you draw two comparisons between the

:35:57. > :36:01.two sides performances so far. The here is Musa. Did he need to go to

:36:02. > :36:13.ground? Good movement from him again. Good ball from Odemwingie.

:36:14. > :36:23.Did that often the other night. Looking for a diagonal ball.

:36:24. > :37:18.Seen that movement there. Slight bit of contact. Went down easy.

:37:19. > :37:41.Lieu with the clearance up to Edin Dzeko -- Lulic. Is it Hajrovic?

:37:42. > :37:45.Corner. It was an excellent break. A bit of pace. Certainly the

:37:46. > :38:01.full-backs looked to get forward for Bosnia. That will give them some

:38:02. > :38:10.encouragement, Bosnia. Pjanic to take, Edin Dzeko and Lulic joined in

:38:11. > :38:13.the area by Pjanic. Here ace Misimovic. A little bit of curl on

:38:14. > :38:21.that, not quite enough for Misimovic. Trying to get it out of

:38:22. > :38:23.his feet and whip it in the far side. Poor execution though in the

:38:24. > :38:39.end. He was a tremendous player, Safet

:38:40. > :38:45.Susic, played in the World Cup for Yugoslavia in 82 and 99, played for

:38:46. > :38:58.Paris St-Germain most of his career. Yugoslavia in 82 and 99, played for

:38:59. > :39:03.Onazi. Odemwingie and John Obi Mikel. Musa.

:39:04. > :39:09.It's very comfortable indeed Begovic. It was, but again positive

:39:10. > :39:13.from the Nigerians. Begovic. It was, but again positive

:39:14. > :39:41.Obi Mikel is getting It found its way to Dzeko. Hajrovic,

:39:42. > :39:47.just had to check his run. Lulic ahead of Peter Odemwingie. Pjanic.

:39:48. > :39:51.just had to check his run. Lulic Clever ball. Misimovic, Edin Dzeko,

:39:52. > :39:57.just had to check his run. Lulic onside, no, he's not! Offside. Flag

:39:58. > :40:05.was a little bit late, I thought, it was up by the time he put it in the

:40:06. > :40:07.back of the net. It was a wonderful vision from Pjanic. Got his head up.

:40:08. > :40:13.Looking forward. Good vision from Pjanic. Got his head up.

:40:14. > :40:19.Dzeko, onside. Poor decision. Really was a poor decision. Great movement

:40:20. > :40:23.from Dzeko. Well, as you can probably tell, my first thought was

:40:24. > :40:28.that he was onside. That was the case. It should have stood. Here's

:40:29. > :40:35.Babatunde. Let-off for Nigeria. case. It should have stood. Here's

:40:36. > :40:41.Ambrose, Emenike in the middle. Musa stretching - nearly! That would have

:40:42. > :40:45.added insult to injury. Just throw yourself at it. A great ball played

:40:46. > :40:47.in. Musa coming in at the far post. Throw yourself at it. A big chance

:40:48. > :41:04.for him. Hardly had a sniff of goal really,

:41:05. > :41:08.Dzeko, in that opening game against Argentina. The Ibisevic got their

:41:09. > :41:12.late goal, having come on. This was a great ball. Ambrose with the

:41:13. > :41:17.cross. Great cross it was. Musa, he could see it all the way. Just take

:41:18. > :41:20.a gamble, throw your body at it. Have the desire to get on the end of

:41:21. > :41:26.a ball like that. Clearing header. John Obi Mikel.

:41:27. > :41:57.Emenike. Nicely done. Away from Onazi. Heavy

:41:58. > :42:07.first touch. He got away with it Hajrovic. Got the shot away too. Not

:42:08. > :42:13.enough to beat Enyeama. The It's a good run inside it was. Onto his

:42:14. > :42:23.left-foot. Comfortable save for Enyeama. Plenty of efforts on goal,

:42:24. > :42:32.haven't there? A good first quarter of the game. Nigeria more positive.

:42:33. > :42:45.It suits them. They have enough pace upfront. Emenike away to Musa. Onazi

:42:46. > :42:58.looking for Babatunde. That is through to Begovic.

:42:59. > :43:07.Can give it to Dzeko. Onside this time. Edin Dzeko, good save,

:43:08. > :43:13.Enyeama. Really good chance for Edin Dzeko this, decent save by Enyeama.

:43:14. > :43:20.It was great movement from Dzeko as well. Coming to the ball and

:43:21. > :43:26.spinning in behind brilliant ball. Great pass. Unlucky. Comfortable

:43:27. > :43:34.save in the end for Enyeama. Chances at both ends. In comes the corner

:43:35. > :43:53.kick. A little flick on. Onazi lashes it upfield. Babatunde. Mikel

:43:54. > :44:04.to Onazi. Mikel. Musa. Deflection on the cross, which made it very

:44:05. > :44:11.awkward. He did well. Mikel. Mikel is still going. Dispossessed. Great

:44:12. > :44:18.foot work to skip away from Onazi. Four up here, against four back.

:44:19. > :44:21.Hajrovic. That is a good ball. Too much pace on it for Edin Dzeko. A

:44:22. > :44:30.good idea. Yeah the ball out much pace on it for Edin Dzeko. A

:44:31. > :44:38.from Misimovic was a little bit behind him. It was a great ball from

:44:39. > :44:43.Pjanic. He did well to get back and make it hard for Edin Dzeko. He is

:44:44. > :44:49.extremely quick. He has a lot of pace. He did do well. There he is

:44:50. > :44:55.giving some of the seniors around him a bit of a talking to, the

:44:56. > :45:02.20-year-old. There is goals in this, Kevin, I think. Yeah, both defences

:45:03. > :45:23.have looked vulnerable here, haven't they?

:45:24. > :45:30.Medunjanin, Besic. Lots of creativity. They are all

:45:31. > :45:42.interchanging positions, it is excellent movement.

:45:43. > :46:04.That is a wayward shot, really. He is never going to score from there.

:46:05. > :46:24.Take your touch, move the ball elsewhere.

:46:25. > :46:31.Medunjanin won the European U21 championship with the Netherlands

:46:32. > :46:37.before switching to the country of his parents.

:46:38. > :47:04.Spilt by Enyeama, who is lucky. Real creativity from the Bosnian/. -- the

:47:05. > :47:15.Bosnian/ just being in front of Enyeama in goal.

:47:16. > :47:43.Nigeria started well but now Bosnia have found their feet.

:47:44. > :48:02.The last few minutes have been a difficult period for

:48:03. > :48:15.Odemwingie, 1-0. Peter out in windy with the goal. -- Peter Odemwingie.

:48:16. > :48:21.Spahic, left on his backside by Emenike, who pulls it back into the

:48:22. > :48:28.path of Peter Odemwingie, and Nigeria have the lead. They are

:48:29. > :48:34.claiming a foul on Spahic. But Nigeria take the lead. We have

:48:35. > :48:41.spoken about them, they are a threat going forward. Emenike just wanted

:48:42. > :48:48.it more, he outmuscled Spahic. One on one, fully exploited, a really

:48:49. > :48:56.good run on him. Spahic actually tried to foul him. Good finish at

:48:57. > :49:03.the end from Odemwingie. No foul for me, definitely no foul. Really good

:49:04. > :49:14.play from Emenike and a tidy finish from Odemwingie.

:49:15. > :49:30.I wonder what they are going to be saying to the officials at

:49:31. > :49:35.half-time, that offside goal that they scored, Bosnia. Yes, it should

:49:36. > :49:39.have they scored, Bosnia. Yes, it should

:49:40. > :49:44.they're getting the rub of the green Edin Dzeko

:49:45. > :50:49.Remember, they will be There is a long time for them to get

:50:50. > :51:22.back into the game, and Odemwingie is doing a really good

:51:23. > :51:27.job down the right-hand side, backtracking all the time, Lulic

:51:28. > :51:35.looks to get forward from the left-back position.

:51:36. > :51:45.It was a lovely ball to find Emenike.

:51:46. > :51:57.He fancied his chances, in truth, there were probably better decisions

:51:58. > :51:58.he could have taken. Emenike would have been one-on-one with Spahic

:51:59. > :52:08.again. Lacking pace in the centre of their

:52:09. > :52:44.defence, Bosnia. Spahic and Sunjic. A little flick from Dzeko! He was

:52:45. > :52:51.onside again. That is a chance. Yes, great movement from Dzeko. No

:52:52. > :52:55.pressure on the ball. Medunjanin, having great freedom and space. They

:52:56. > :52:59.need to put pressure on them, the Nigerian midfielders. It is a

:53:00. > :53:13.lovely, open game. The wave is on its way around the

:53:14. > :53:34.Arena Pantanal. Edin Dzeko, again attacking it.

:53:35. > :54:11.Omeruo did well. Straight out of play from Emenike,

:54:12. > :54:15.but he is causing them problems. It is a poor cross at the end but we

:54:16. > :54:23.have seen so much more from him tonight then we saw against Iran. In

:54:24. > :54:27.fairness, Iran dropped very deep. He is coming out onto the right-hand

:54:28. > :54:31.side regularly. Great play from him, wasn't it? I don't think

:54:32. > :54:38.side regularly. Great play from him, foul from any angle I look at it.

:54:39. > :54:39.Spahic recognised he was done for pace, tried to block him, but great

:54:40. > :55:02.awareness. Emenike is down on the ground,

:55:03. > :55:07.actually. I think he just needs a breather. He has done too much

:55:08. > :55:13.running in the last few minutes! Everyone is going to get an

:55:14. > :55:21.opportunity to get a drink. There is Stephen Keshi, the coach of Nigeria,

:55:22. > :55:27.who is under pressure to win this one. They would be on the brink of

:55:28. > :55:30.qualifying if they do. This is what FIFA call a cooling break. It is

:55:31. > :55:40.very hot and humid. We saw that the Capello here the

:55:41. > :55:45.other night, when Russia played South Korea, looking immaculate in

:55:46. > :55:50.his suit but the sweat was pouring off his brow. Emenike will be back

:55:51. > :56:09.on in a minute. Enyeama in the Nigerian goal has had

:56:10. > :56:10.a terrific season with legal. -- legal. He has made a couple of good

:56:11. > :57:00.saves already. Little squares and triangles result

:57:01. > :57:01.in a throw from Nigeria. Good bit of play, though, just killing the

:57:02. > :57:10.tempo. Emenike a game can a wriggling

:57:11. > :57:21.inside the area, he is powerful and strong. -- Emenike, again. He is a

:57:22. > :57:30.threat, isn't it? Babatunde to take his corner kick and Nigeria.

:57:31. > :57:40.Bosnia must not lose, or they are out.

:57:41. > :57:54.The clearing header from Spahic. A lovely change of direction. Begovic

:57:55. > :58:02.just pretended that -- prevented the corner. Good player, Ahmed Musa.

:58:03. > :58:11.Yes, they have to do better defensively.

:58:12. > :59:02.Just rolled under the foot of Misimovic.

:59:03. > :59:10.That was a good try. Maybe a yard and a half wide from Medunjanin.

:59:11. > :59:14.Yes, never really threatening Enyeama in goal. Great movement

:59:15. > :59:22.initially from Pjanic to free up the space. I guess you would have been

:59:23. > :59:27.on the receiving end, when you think big decisions have gone against you,

:59:28. > :59:37.just get on with it, I guess, trying to play with a grudge. -- try not to

:59:38. > :59:40.play with a grudge. I guess it would play tricks with your mind.

:59:41. > :59:41.play with a grudge. I guess it would Especially when you see it at

:59:42. > :59:48.half-time. They Especially when you see it at

:59:49. > :59:51.equipment for them to see, that could make it worse. They have

:59:52. > :59:52.equipment for them to see, that keep their cool, continue what they

:59:53. > :00:13.are doing, because they are creating problems.

:00:14. > :00:22.Referee's whistle is poised. He says, play on. Lulic.

:00:23. > :00:40.Here's Edin Dzeko. Good tackle. He header. Here's Onazi. Musa.

:00:41. > :00:52.Here's Edin Dzeko. Good tackle. He has done ever so well.

:00:53. > :01:27.Frustrating for Bosnia. Trying to dispossess Onazi there, he couldn't.

:01:28. > :01:33.Spotting the forward run of the left-back. Dealt with. Good movement

:01:34. > :01:39.between Babatunde stepping inside allowing the run from Oshaniwa. Good

:01:40. > :01:49.play from Nigeria. Comfortable in possession now.

:01:50. > :02:29.Spahic. Nice from Hajrovic. Edin Dzeko too far in front of him.

:02:30. > :02:33.Turned away in frustration, Ambrose cleared.

:02:34. > :02:39.You start to feel that Nigeria do need that second goal, the way that

:02:40. > :02:52.boss knee attack and cause problems. They are going to have to because

:02:53. > :03:05.they need something from this game. -- Bosnia. Bosnia-Herzegovina play

:03:06. > :03:07.Iran last, on paper, Nigeria's task are harder. Argentina are through,

:03:08. > :03:30.of course. Odemwingie lost it. This is Besic,

:03:31. > :03:35.Hajrovic. Trying to get away from Emenike. It's a throw. Good reaction

:03:36. > :03:37.from Emenike. Give the ball away, back tracked. Helped the defence

:03:38. > :03:58.out. Besic, Medunjanin. Edin Dzeko! Well,

:03:59. > :04:03.he's had probably three or four decent opportunities in this game.

:04:04. > :04:12.The unfortunate thing for Edin Dzeko is that the one he put away was

:04:13. > :04:15.flagged offside. Too easy from Odemwingie. Poor defending. It's a

:04:16. > :04:21.chance though, isn't it? It really is. A couple of openers she has had.

:04:22. > :04:25.The goal he scored should have stood as well of course. Big chances for

:04:26. > :04:37.Bosnia to get themselves back in the game. Scored 10 in qualifying.

:04:38. > :04:46.Pjanic, his strike partner, got eight. Ambrose arriving. Musa again,

:04:47. > :04:51.danger here. Offside. One added minute at the end of the half. That

:04:52. > :04:59.was a waste to be offside that easily. It was. Stepping up, Musa

:05:00. > :05:03.didn't recognise that. Got himself back onside. Added time at the end

:05:04. > :05:12.of the half. Besic making the run. Lulic skips away from the challenge.

:05:13. > :05:19.Edin Dzeko! Hands on hips and head bowed again. It was always difficult

:05:20. > :05:24.for him. He was running away from goal. Good ball played into him.

:05:25. > :05:30.Pjanic going behind. Decided to take the shot on his left-foot. If the

:05:31. > :05:35.chances keep coming you back him to take one in the end. Yeah, of

:05:36. > :05:38.course. You see his record there in qualification was excellent. Really

:05:39. > :05:46.good end to the season at Manchester City as well. A few worried faces

:05:47. > :05:53.down there. That's half-time. It's been a good first half. Edin Dzeko,

:05:54. > :05:56.frustrated by a linesman's flag wrongly ruling out what would have

:05:57. > :06:01.been a Bosnian goal. Peter Odemwingie with the only one that

:06:02. > :06:07.did stand. Smart finish after good play by Emenike. Half-time in

:06:08. > :06:13.Cuiaba. Group F it's Nigeria 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.

:06:14. > :06:23.Good first 45 minutes in Cuiaba. Nigeria lead Bosnia-Herzegovina by a

:06:24. > :06:27.goal to nil. As things stand it means the Bosnians are going out of

:06:28. > :06:31.this World Cup. It would set Nigeria up nicely for their final game

:06:32. > :06:36.against Argentina, who are already through and, therefore, maybe have a

:06:37. > :06:40.little less to play for in that final game.

:06:41. > :06:46.Have they been unlucky Bosnia? I think so. They created the best

:06:47. > :06:50.chances. In possession they have been far superior. At the back

:06:51. > :06:59.Bosnia are an accident waiting to happen. The two centre-backs have

:07:00. > :07:03.led to the mistakes. The last half-hour, aside from the goal, you

:07:04. > :07:09.would have expected Bosnia to scored? Pjanic pulling all the

:07:10. > :07:13.strings. They integrate beautifully their midfield players. Dzeko let

:07:14. > :07:17.them down tonight. Good opportunities to put them ahead.

:07:18. > :07:25.Emenike punished them at the other end. He is pacy. You are saying the

:07:26. > :07:30.strikers let them down, you say the centre halves let them down. He is

:07:31. > :07:35.an accident waiting to happen. Here is on the ball. Really positive. Out

:07:36. > :07:40.with the ball. Gives it away. In a dangerous area. In that situation

:07:41. > :07:45.you have to clear it. Sloppy, isn't it? You look at him in possession,

:07:46. > :07:52.gives it away again. Straightaway after - This one, he comes out with

:07:53. > :07:57.the ball well in this. You play it to the left. Square pass. Leaves his

:07:58. > :08:02.defenders in We are trouble. Trying to encourage young players and all

:08:03. > :08:06.players to come out and play. He is the centre-half what is he doing in

:08:07. > :08:11.that position? He puts them in and sets them up on another opportunity.

:08:12. > :08:16.Look at the distance there between the two centre-backs. You want them

:08:17. > :08:21.closer? The far centre-back needs to be closer to Spahic there. Like I

:08:22. > :08:25.say, every time they come close together, they look like they will

:08:26. > :08:31.concede a goal. If you are going to bring the ball out you have to be

:08:32. > :08:35.certain of the ball you make. See it as a routine. Win it, drive forward

:08:36. > :08:40.by all means, don't put your team in trouble. They will flood into the

:08:41. > :08:46.area you come out of. Like pulling the plug out of the bath. That is

:08:47. > :08:50.what happened? Do you have sympathy for him over the goal? I have no

:08:51. > :08:53.sympathy for him. That is definitive. He has probably been

:08:54. > :08:56.fouled. Emenike has got all sorts of definitive. He has probably been

:08:57. > :09:01.pace. If you look at the defender. Tries to foul him. Doesn't work. He

:09:02. > :09:05.runs over the top of him, Odemwingie finishing it off. That is great play

:09:06. > :09:07.from Emenike there. He is really powerful, really strong. The

:09:08. > :09:10.defending - I powerful, really strong. The

:09:11. > :09:16.wants to be in that left-back position. If I was a defender if

:09:17. > :09:20.that was Martin Keown and he didn't get a foul for that - His arm comes

:09:21. > :09:26.out there. Tries to stop his opponent. He gets swatted really. He

:09:27. > :09:30.is really power. Emenike has caused problems for him. He can't cope. It

:09:31. > :09:34.was a little nick there on the back of the leg. I mean, straightaway, I

:09:35. > :09:40.don't see how a defender in that situation is going to dive. He knows

:09:41. > :09:44.that Emenike is through on goal. For me, straightaway, that was a That is

:09:45. > :09:47.foul. A foul. But for you Martin you don't have the any sympathy? I feel

:09:48. > :09:49.he was trying to foul initially. When you see it, the referee doesn't

:09:50. > :09:51.have the benefit of doing that. When you see it, the referee doesn't

:09:52. > :09:55.have the benefit of doing that. He wouldn't have had a goal celebrate.

:09:56. > :10:00.Nice to see a goal go in tonight. If you had been the defender in that

:10:01. > :10:05.situation? I would have been seething. You have jumped over him.

:10:06. > :10:09.I would have been back-tracking. seething. You have jumped over him.

:10:10. > :10:14.Emenike is a good player. You have to get back quickly. He bullied him,

:10:15. > :10:19.to be fair. It's the contact on his leg which makes him kick his own

:10:20. > :10:23.foot. It trips him up. You are saying foul or not, I'm confused? I

:10:24. > :10:28.wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt. If I was referee I would have

:10:29. > :10:32.played on. In real-life speed you can't see that. It's a foul he

:10:33. > :10:37.clipped him. His knee clipped his leg. It's a foul. To be fair for

:10:38. > :10:38.Spahic I don't think he deserved, for his performance, any luck in

:10:39. > :10:44.that game. The for his performance, any luck in

:10:45. > :10:55.Colombian, he has been sent back to Columbia for two offside decisions

:10:56. > :11:06.he made when he disallowed two Santo goals.

:11:07. > :11:07.he made when he disallowed two Santo Difficult for a linesman.

:11:08. > :11:12.he made when he disallowed two Santo look at it three times before we

:11:13. > :11:17.thought it was offside. We have the benefit of the vision. The linesman

:11:18. > :11:21.should see that from there. He is clearly onside. You know, that's

:11:22. > :11:27.been the difference really between the two teams. That goes in, it

:11:28. > :11:34.counts, they are off and running. The only other thing is that Dzeko

:11:35. > :11:40.is the closest in his eye line and could... The Nigerian defender. You

:11:41. > :11:44.are giving that look, it's like you are an idiot? No the linesman he can

:11:45. > :11:48.see it. It's right in front of him. He can see there is somebody between

:11:49. > :11:50.him and the goal. He gives the wrong decision. That was Poor. The only

:11:51. > :11:53.Dzeko put decision. That was Poor. The only

:11:54. > :11:58.in that half? We counted four chances in the game.

:11:59. > :11:59.in that half? We counted four have played really good triangles in

:12:00. > :12:04.midfield. He comes have played really good triangles in

:12:05. > :12:08.the play. Spins in behind. I think Edin Dzeko needs to score this. A

:12:09. > :12:13.great run. You can't... He gets it on target. You can't really complain

:12:14. > :12:18.about his movement in that one. This was his fourth chance in the game.

:12:19. > :12:22.Great ball from Medunjanin. I think was his fourth chance in the game.

:12:23. > :12:26.it's similar to Suarez's chance where he heads it back across goal.

:12:27. > :12:28.Yeah. This is the thing now. You wonder is his confidence suffering?

:12:29. > :12:32.Yeah. This is the thing now. You That one is again a difficult one of

:12:33. > :12:34.he pulls away. If he scores from there it is almost

:12:35. > :12:37.he pulls away. If he scores from tournament. He will be playing on

:12:38. > :12:40.his mind he has missed opportunities. I believe he has got

:12:41. > :12:46.the goals in him. He will have to come good or they will go out of

:12:47. > :12:50.this competition. Does he need some help up there? The formation has

:12:51. > :12:54.worked well for Bosnia from an attacking point of view It has. It's

:12:55. > :12:57.very difficult to defend against when you have one man up there and

:12:58. > :13:01.people are making runs. Coming inside their wide players. They are

:13:02. > :13:08.a handful. Nigeria are struggling to deal with them. The man crush has

:13:09. > :13:14.been on Pirlo I think it's shifting to Pjanic, what I see on social

:13:15. > :13:19.media. He plays a little bit like Pirlo. His beard is not as good? No.

:13:20. > :13:24.He has a wonderful awareness. As soon as he plays it, he wants it

:13:25. > :13:30.again. Every good move Bosnia has had came through Pjanic. He is a top

:13:31. > :13:34.player. We don't want to see him go home. I enjoy watching him play.

:13:35. > :13:39.Look at that. Take it is, he wants to go forward. He over hits that. He

:13:40. > :13:45.could maybe have played it simple. This is waiting to come out in his

:13:46. > :13:51.game. On the ball again. As soon as he plays it, he wants to get back

:13:52. > :13:55.on. He has the vision of where everybody else on the pitch. He

:13:56. > :13:59.plays in little pockets. He let's that run across his body. He is in

:14:00. > :14:03.that forward motion the whole time. That is what young players should be

:14:04. > :14:07.watching. Receive the ball on the back food foot. On the back foot.

:14:08. > :14:11.Driving forward. The triangle with these three. Look at the running off

:14:12. > :14:16.the ball. Dzeko, fantastic ball through, in the end, he gets it on

:14:17. > :14:20.target. Unlucky there. You like the triangles between Besic and

:14:21. > :14:23.Medunjanin and Pjanic as well. There are Pjanic's touches in that first

:14:24. > :14:26.half. I suppose, when you look at that, you can see where he is

:14:27. > :14:31.picking the ball up and driving with it? Yeah, we saw this on his maps

:14:32. > :14:37.against Argentina. He picks it up in all areas of the pitch. Bosnia are

:14:38. > :14:39.outnumbering Nigeria in the pitch. Something Nigeria need to rectified

:14:40. > :14:41.for the second-half. Something Nigeria need to rectified

:14:42. > :14:44.for the second-half. Many of the great footballers develop their

:14:45. > :14:47.skills playing a miniature variant of the sport. Ben Smith has been

:14:48. > :15:07.finding out more about futsal. on home soil than the sport of

:15:08. > :15:11.futsal will be key to that success. Here, they believe it's the game

:15:12. > :15:18.that made Ozil great and more than half the current squad began on

:15:19. > :15:25.court just like this. -- that made Brazil great.

:15:26. > :15:31.TRANSLATION: With the participation of athletes, we are the cornerstone

:15:32. > :15:34.for the Brazilian squad. It's important because it improves the

:15:35. > :15:43.technical and practical skill of the players. Futsal is played with a

:15:44. > :15:48.heavier ball in a small court, it teaches you to learn important

:15:49. > :15:58.skills. All the great players, is eco-, Socrates, Reynaldo, Neymar,

:15:59. > :16:02.come from futsal. It does inspire me, as every athlete wants to become

:16:03. > :16:09.a professional player and it makes you want to become a world-class

:16:10. > :16:14.player. I played with Juninho, we played futsal together. It sharpens

:16:15. > :16:19.your decision-making skills. It helps a lot because it is a short

:16:20. > :16:23.space, you have to think quickly, you have to get the ball and know

:16:24. > :16:29.before the ball gets to you what you're going to do. That helps a lot

:16:30. > :16:39.because you transport all these memories to the big field. Oscar

:16:40. > :16:42.goes on to score! Oscar says it was a futsal goal, how important is it

:16:43. > :16:49.for the current generation to promote futsal? TRANSLATION: I think

:16:50. > :16:55.it is important. Very few remember they play futsal, football owes a

:16:56. > :17:02.lot to it so they should value it more. Not only in Brazil but round

:17:03. > :17:06.the world. We have data from the Brazilian government that tells us

:17:07. > :17:11.that futsal is the most popular sport in Brazil, even more than

:17:12. > :17:17.football itself. England, Germany and France are lagging behind. They

:17:18. > :17:21.had to keep up. I want to put forward this challenge to these

:17:22. > :17:25.countries. Futsal is dynamic and beautiful and can help form better

:17:26. > :17:33.players. I think it is the cherry on top of the cake. And it's not just

:17:34. > :17:41.in Brazil, is it, where futsal is huge. It is taking off in England.

:17:42. > :17:45.My lad loves it, it's lots of touches of the ball, using all

:17:46. > :17:50.surfaces. You see the Brazilians, Neymar, he runs the top of his foot

:17:51. > :17:58.above it, it's about rotating with speed. Is he more scope than you

:17:59. > :18:01.were at his age? I'm not the most skilful of players! But he can do

:18:02. > :18:06.things with the ball because he has been taught in the last few years,

:18:07. > :18:11.it's about having lots of touches of the ball, that's something I didn't

:18:12. > :18:17.have. Even in your position, would you have benefited from it? 100%.

:18:18. > :18:19.When you are comfortable in possession, you can express

:18:20. > :18:24.yourself, you can try things. Taking it from the training situation into

:18:25. > :18:30.a match, are you brave enough to try those skills? Futsal is different to

:18:31. > :18:38.beach football but you did have a game of beach football yesterday. I

:18:39. > :18:43.just want you to tell everybody. I was wandering down the beach, a ball

:18:44. > :18:47.than did at my feet, to come in, they do a circle, so we were

:18:48. > :18:52.negotiating for five or ten minutes, and I came in, tried to make a

:18:53. > :18:58.circle as small as possible. As soon as he was -- it was played to the

:18:59. > :19:08.fellow, I just went in, took him out. You clump at a local! They were

:19:09. > :19:12.barefoot, I had my trainers on. When they get the full, it's fun time.

:19:13. > :19:16.The way they express themselves, everyone has got a trick, a flick,

:19:17. > :19:26.they don't do the military side foot pass. Unless Martin Keown is there!

:19:27. > :19:31.We asked you both to pick a bit of technique that has really impressed

:19:32. > :19:35.you, you have a couple of examples. First one is Neymar against Mexico,

:19:36. > :19:43.that is using all surfaces of foot. The rolling. Now he's taking lots of

:19:44. > :19:49.touches, facing defenders, creating one against one situations. He uses

:19:50. > :19:58.the top of his foot again, that is so hard to mark. It's effortless for

:19:59. > :20:02.this fellow. That is futsal, playing in tight areas, being able to

:20:03. > :20:05.this fellow. That is futsal, playing manipulate the ball. This was almost

:20:06. > :20:14.celebrated like a goal, it is like Kocher. -- Kocher. But if someone

:20:15. > :20:20.growing up with the ball at his feet. A couple of others have said

:20:21. > :20:29.Tim Cahill's goal. That is great technique. That is unbelievable. It

:20:30. > :20:32.is like van Persie, van Basten, or even David Platt moment, where he

:20:33. > :20:38.announced himself onto the World Cup. Sadly, yet to finish the game

:20:39. > :20:49.with an injury. The players are back out. 19 shots in the first half, as

:20:50. > :20:50.many in the whole of the Nigeria's opening game against Iran. More of

:20:51. > :21:08.the same, please! No half-time substitutions here, but

:21:09. > :21:17.I can tell you that Ibisevic spent the whole of the half-time warming

:21:18. > :21:21.up. I think we will see him, baby-sitting a bit deeper and he

:21:22. > :21:52.will. only player in the squad who has hit

:21:53. > :21:54.double figures for Nigeria. Nigeria have had 19 coaches in the last 20

:21:55. > :22:02.years. have had 19 coaches in the last 20

:22:03. > :22:04.some sort of award for virginity just have got through 2013 and half

:22:05. > :22:27.of 2014! -- award for longevity. They had chances, and plenty of

:22:28. > :22:32.them, in the first half. Both sides, actually. Bosnia will not be

:22:33. > :23:05.downhearted, because heavily involved, a good ball played

:23:06. > :23:09.forward to Mujdza on the right-hand side. Decent movement from Dzeko.

:23:10. > :23:25.Unlucky, couldn't find the target. Bosnia lost 2-macro qualifying

:23:26. > :23:28.play-offs, one for the last World Cup and one for Euro

:23:29. > :23:36.play-offs, one for the last World times losing to Portugal in

:23:37. > :23:40.play-offs. So it has been a real achievement for them, the first ever

:23:41. > :23:47.World Cup finals for a nation which was only affiliated to FIFA 18 years

:23:48. > :23:51.ago. But if they lose this game, it's not a dead rubber, the last

:23:52. > :24:08.game from Iran's point of view, but Bosnia will know they are out.

:24:09. > :24:13.A slightly hurried clearance from Omeruo. Taking no chances, trying to

:24:14. > :25:05.get the defence reorganised. Doing a great job for the team down

:25:06. > :25:06.Nigeria's right. Most of his club coaching career, Safet Susic, has

:25:07. > :25:29.been in Turkey. It was Ambrose who was playing Edin

:25:30. > :25:38.Dzeko onside in the goal that wasn't in the first half.

:25:39. > :25:58.Finished the season really well, Odemwingie, at Stoke.

:25:59. > :26:11.Ahmed Musa is down for Nigeria but he's getting up again.

:26:12. > :26:40.Edin Dzeko can't get around Omeruo, who has done well again.

:26:41. > :27:16.That was brilliant play. Again Pjanic and Misimovic.

:27:17. > :27:36.Besic had continued his run, but it was well tracked by Oshaniwa.

:27:37. > :27:43.Babatunde was looking for room to try and get a shot away. Blocked by

:27:44. > :27:48.Sunjic. The whistle goes against Pjanic.

:27:49. > :28:05.Certainly seemed to give that to Nigeria first. Yeah, he did. I think

:28:06. > :28:07.it was just the movement from Ahmed Musa. He was just trying to body

:28:08. > :28:17.check Pjanic. How long do you think he will give

:28:18. > :28:23.it before Ibisevic comes on? He made an immediate impact when it came on

:28:24. > :28:26.against Argentina. I thought he was coming on, the way he was warming up

:28:27. > :28:55.during the half-time interval. Good tackle from Onazi. He has done

:28:56. > :28:59.well in that defensive midfield role, but he gives it away,

:29:00. > :29:06.commentators curse! Hajrovic and Dzeko were together,

:29:07. > :29:31.but they didn't help each other. Great block. Ahmed Musa did ever so

:29:32. > :29:41.well. Pjanic with a great ball forward. Begovic is there. Neither

:29:42. > :29:42.centre-half wants to be one-on-one in a chase with Emenike, that's for

:29:43. > :30:07.sure. Didn't have a lot of support. Good

:30:08. > :30:36.play, Odemwingie. Ambrose. Babatunde. A little

:30:37. > :30:38.room. Begovic made the save. Good strike Babatunde. Needing a bit

:30:39. > :30:47.help from Asmir Begovic. It was a good strike from Babatunde. More the

:30:48. > :30:55.play as well. Overall, Ambrose involved, excellent play from them.

:30:56. > :31:11.Here's Ambrose. At full stretch there. Misimovic. Here's Pjanic.

:31:12. > :31:19.Free-kick to Bosnia-Herzegovina. That might be the cue to get

:31:20. > :31:20.Ibisevic on. They have taken the free-kick actually. They have to

:31:21. > :31:38.wait. Here's Edin Dzeko. Spahic on his shoulder. Accelerated

:31:39. > :31:45.away from him. Odemwingie in support. Hits Spahic. Onazi trying

:31:46. > :31:49.to find a way through support. Hits Spahic. Onazi trying

:31:50. > :31:59.when Musa was screaming for it at his left hand side.

:32:00. > :32:10.He has been poor, the centre-half, the captain. Hajrovic is coming off.

:32:11. > :32:12.He has been poor, the centre-half, On comes Vedad Ibisevic, who scored

:32:13. > :32:19.the goal in Lithuania that got Bosnia-Herzegovina to these World

:32:20. > :32:20.Cup finals. Now, they are looking for him to score the goal that will

:32:21. > :32:37.keep them in it. Ibisevic making the run. Enyeama

:32:38. > :32:54.save, just. Great Moment You know if you make a run, he will

:32:55. > :33:28.spot it. He will probably find you. Salihovic will be on for Bosnia,

:33:29. > :33:34.their second change. Lulic who limped off, he is coming off.

:33:35. > :33:35.Salihovic is a more natural left-back than Lulic? Yeah, he

:33:36. > :33:40.really is. left-back than Lulic? Yeah, he

:33:41. > :33:44.well. Good player. Good attacking full-back. Let us see how fit he is.

:33:45. > :33:51.well. Good player. Good attacking He didn't feature against Argentina

:33:52. > :33:57.because of injury. He is part of that brilliant side in Germany.

:33:58. > :34:09.Great team to watch. Gooing forward they are an excellent side. Mikel.

:34:10. > :34:12.Musa. Babatunde. -- going. Have to force the pace now,

:34:13. > :34:15.Bosnia-Herzegovina. It's not easy against Nigeria, who are decent in

:34:16. > :34:28.possession. Always looking to slow it down. Not easy in the conditions.

:34:29. > :34:33.Salihovic, good play, Peter Odemwingie. He put a shift in for

:34:34. > :34:50.the team tonight, that is for sure. I thought Emenike might have fouled

:34:51. > :34:56.him that time. They can't handle them, can they? They are having a

:34:57. > :35:02.shocker out there. Nigeria need to slot balls down Spahic and Emenike

:35:03. > :35:06.has the legs on him all the time. You are right. It was a foul, arm

:35:07. > :35:13.into the back. He can't control Emenike. Can't live with him

:35:14. > :35:23.physically, and can't live with his pace. Ambrose here with the Nigerian

:35:24. > :35:32.throw. Emenike inside the area. Sunjic with the header. Time ticking

:35:33. > :35:35.away on Bosnia-Herzegovina here. Peter Odemwingie, Musa, Emenike, and

:35:36. > :35:47.Babatunde are with him. Here's Babatunde. Onazi, Mikel. Challenge

:35:48. > :36:03.by Salihovic, it it is a Nigerian throw.

:36:04. > :36:09.It is a Nigerian throw. Three inside the area. Babatunde has time to

:36:10. > :36:15.bring it down and wriggle through a couple of challenges. Babatunde's

:36:16. > :36:23.shot. Begovic, with the save. Sunjic got there first. It nearly came

:36:24. > :36:28.straight back to Emenike. Peter Odemwingie, Emenike. Good save,

:36:29. > :36:34.Begovic. Great save. He has kept them in it here. Big chance, wasn't

:36:35. > :36:46.it? Great movement from Odemwingie, in off the right. Miscontroled the

:36:47. > :36:52.ball -- miss-controlled. Nigeria threatening a second goal.

:36:53. > :36:58.Babatunde's ball in, too high for Peter Odemwingie. The second goal,

:36:59. > :37:02.if they get it, would lead Bosnia-Herzegovina in all kinds of

:37:03. > :37:08.difficulty. Here is the Begovic first save. Plenty of movement on

:37:09. > :37:18.that strike. That chance there for Emenike. Good save. Brilliant save

:37:19. > :37:25.from Begovic. Ameobi is stripping off for Nigeria. Emenike reflects on

:37:26. > :37:36.what might have been. He has had a good game though. A really poor

:37:37. > :37:40.cross. They need better than that. He does. Dzeko needs the service

:37:41. > :37:46.now. They have to get the ball into him. He has a partner in Ibisevic up

:37:47. > :37:58.there. You have to get Pjanic on the ball.

:37:59. > :38:09.Babatunde. Nigeria haven't won a World Cup finals match since 1998.

:38:10. > :38:20.They're winning this one. They might have doubled that lead, but for the

:38:21. > :38:23.Begovic save. John Obi Mikel. And again, John Obi Mikel. Now Musa,

:38:24. > :38:49.blocked by Spahic. Pjanic. Pjanic, still. Edin Dzeko,

:38:50. > :38:54.rolled away from him. He's having one of those days at the moment. He

:38:55. > :39:05.has struggled, Dzeko, conceded possession, numerous times. Last

:39:06. > :39:26.Bosnian change. Haris Medunjanin is coming off. They are bringing on a

:39:27. > :39:51.Susic. Shares the surname of the coach and the coach is his uncle.

:39:52. > :39:57.Offside flag up. Just cannot find a way through, can they? The tempo has

:39:58. > :40:02.died for them as well. They can't get up a head of steam. The longer

:40:03. > :40:12.the game has gone on, the less threatening they have become really.

:40:13. > :40:19.Here is Shola Ameobi replacing Ahmed Musa. I saw Ameobi score a brilliant

:40:20. > :40:24.goal for Nigeria at Craven Cottage. They played a friendly against

:40:25. > :40:29.Italy. A magnificent volley from the edge of the penalty area, meeting a

:40:30. > :40:33.left wing cross. A beautiful goal. Here he is, Shola Ameobi. Good way

:40:34. > :40:43.to start. Here he is, Shola Ameobi. Good way

:40:44. > :40:49.with the save. Emenike causing chaos. Ameobi will be happy with his

:40:50. > :40:52.first introduction into the squad. A good ball from Ameobi. Emenike has

:40:53. > :40:59.been a threat. He has played very well. Isolated figure against Iran.

:41:00. > :41:01.Again, running away from Spahic. One-on-one with Sunjic, didn't

:41:02. > :41:06.disappoint on the outside. Good play. Excellent play. Forgetting

:41:07. > :41:10.disappoint on the outside. Good that Ameobi came on against Iran in

:41:11. > :41:17.the first game. Not his first appearance at this World Cup.

:41:18. > :41:26.the first game. Not his first kick, Babatunde. Mikel. Ameobi. Now,

:41:27. > :41:39.a chance to try and build something. Susic, Besic.

:41:40. > :42:05.Salihovic, again. Hits the first defender. That was Onazi. Ambrose.

:42:06. > :42:08.Ameobi. Emenike for once beaten in a tackle by Spahic. That is

:42:09. > :42:11.practically the first time of the night. Spahic was lucky he was so

:42:12. > :42:16.close to Emenike when he took night. Spahic was lucky he was so

:42:17. > :42:22.touch. Again, Ibisevic on the night. Spahic was lucky he was so

:42:23. > :42:27.Shot blocked. Pushing on, aren't they? I feel the goal is going to

:42:28. > :42:30.come. They need to do that. A decent turn. Never really troubling Enyeama

:42:31. > :42:37.in goal though. turn. Never really troubling Enyeama

:42:38. > :42:42.everything he can, Safet Susic, he has made all his changes

:42:43. > :42:42.everything he can, Safet Susic, he going to find a goal. This plan has

:42:43. > :43:07.to work. No free-kick. Pjanic thought he had

:43:08. > :43:11.been fouled by John Obi Mikel. That is a free-kick.

:43:12. > :43:21.been fouled by John Obi Mikel. That fouled. Yeah, I think there was

:43:22. > :43:24.contact. Once he got one-on-one. So much pace, in this Nigerian

:43:25. > :43:29.frontline. much pace, in this Nigerian

:43:30. > :43:37.Babatunde left in a heap. The ball much pace, in this Nigerian

:43:38. > :43:43.was won. Here's Besic, again. He will be back up in a minute, Edin

:43:44. > :43:49.Dzeko running into Odemwingie. A free-kick to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

:43:50. > :43:51.Again though Dzeko lax in possession. Didn't see Odemwingie.

:43:52. > :44:04.Luckily for him, he got the Well, he's so close Babatunde to

:44:05. > :44:10.touchline that the referee is saying, get him off the pitch,

:44:11. > :44:14.touchline that the referee is we can carry on. There is that

:44:15. > :44:24.tackle with Besic there, followed through. Caught Babatunde.

:44:25. > :44:32.He's now off the pitch. So Nigeria are a man down. Babatunde getting

:44:33. > :44:37.treatment. Less than a quarter of this game left. Bosnia-Herzegovina

:44:38. > :44:43.need a goal. In it goes from Misimovic. It's too high for Edin

:44:44. > :44:47.Dzeko. He is cutting an increasingly frustrated figure. It was

:44:48. > :44:54.comfortable, wasn't it? Simple ball played in. Three all attacking

:44:55. > :45:02.centrally. I think Babatunde was actually hauled off the pitch with

:45:03. > :45:06.the assistance of Asmir Begovic. Yeah, I think he's all right. I

:45:07. > :45:10.think he is just looking to try and buy a bit of time there. The referee

:45:11. > :45:16.having none of it. Of course, Begovic as well. Ameobi's flick on.

:45:17. > :45:52.Salihovic. Misimovic, good tackle bio Onazi. He

:45:53. > :45:58.has had a really good game. As has Odemwingie here. Nigeria, that is

:45:59. > :46:06.partly down to Bosnia's attacking threat. They have hardly been able

:46:07. > :46:33.to counter themselves. Good in transition tonight, Nigeria.

:46:34. > :46:38.he turned away from Shola Ameobi, Besic.

:46:39. > :46:52.It was dealt with by Omeruo. Quickly back into his central defensive

:46:53. > :47:00.position. The flick from Dzeko, and very calmly done by Joseph Yobo,

:47:01. > :47:05.back into the gloves of Enyeama. Oshaniwa got a bit lucky, he did

:47:06. > :47:18.know what he was doing, the ball hit him.

:47:19. > :47:26.Two very interesting match-ups tomorrow. Of course, you can get the

:47:27. > :47:55.lot on radio five live. You know the old saying, necessity

:47:56. > :48:00.is the mother of invention, it has been the opposite of that today, the

:48:01. > :48:09.Bosnia. That necessity is growing by the minute and their invention is

:48:10. > :48:15.diminishing. I am sure that offside goal, favoured words to the referee,

:48:16. > :48:20.but they have struggled. It is becoming easier and easier for

:48:21. > :48:27.Nigeria to defend their attacks. Babatunde, I think... The stretcher

:48:28. > :48:36.is out there, he may well have to be replaced. That is the second knock

:48:37. > :48:43.he has got. The universal sign language for I am coming off.

:48:44. > :49:00.Fourth official getting involved as well. A little bit of drama.

:49:01. > :49:12.Babatunde is going to come off, and Uzoenyi is going to come on.

:49:13. > :49:20.Ticking closer to their first World Cup victory since 1998.

:49:21. > :49:33.They have got to try and make one of these count now. They have got a lot

:49:34. > :49:41.of aerial presence, the Bosnians. Still a man down here, Nigeria, they

:49:42. > :49:48.haven't got a sub on yet. Ibisevic! That was a big chance. What a

:49:49. > :49:52.chance, what a chance, absolute sitter for Ibisevic there. Got

:49:53. > :49:59.himself free. Just came off his shoulder, really. That is the chance

:50:00. > :50:09.they have been waiting for. What an opportunity. Has to score there.

:50:10. > :50:19.Uzoenyi is coming on. Called into the squad as a late replacement.

:50:20. > :50:32.Babatunde looks injured now. Just about 15 minutes for Nigeria to

:50:33. > :51:03.hold out. Hooked out by Joseph Yobo. Spahic is

:51:04. > :51:09.there but Emenike is onto it. 15 minutes to go, Nigeria edging

:51:10. > :51:28.towards victory. Bosnia have lost their way a bit in the second half.

:51:29. > :51:31.Excellent from Nigeria, taking the sting out of the game, good

:51:32. > :51:54.position. Just given away by Omeruo. Always the danger that Bosnia might

:51:55. > :52:08.get caught on the counter. Good tackle from Besic. Good energy, too.

:52:09. > :52:18.Enyeama, untroubled by Pjanic's shot. Brilliant play from Besic.

:52:19. > :52:26.Dealing with the initial threat from Nigeria, good break from him. Besic

:52:27. > :52:31.was released by Hamburg, he is only 21 but was voted best player in

:52:32. > :52:36.Hungary last season, playing for Ferencvaros. No disrespect to the

:52:37. > :52:39.Hungarian league but it looks like a player who could play in the

:52:40. > :52:45.Bundesliga or one of the better leagues. He looks really good

:52:46. > :52:49.player, he gets around the pitch. He can also pick out a pass, excellent

:52:50. > :53:07.player. What they need is a goal. The change to 4-4-2 hasn't really

:53:08. > :53:22.changed a Strong challenge, Nigeria have the

:53:23. > :53:26.free kick. Shola Ameobi has a sore shin. Can't say that Bosnia haven't

:53:27. > :53:34.had the chances, they have shin. Can't say that Bosnia haven't

:53:35. > :53:40.glaring opportunities. The chance for Ibisevic, he should be scoring

:53:41. > :53:50.there, he really should. We haven't seen again, have we?

:53:51. > :54:15.Uzoenyi had ago, he won't get the next one! It's poor, isn't it? Just

:54:16. > :54:21.clip next one! It's poor, isn't it? Just

:54:22. > :54:24.chance. Here's the chance for Ibisevic, just off his shoulder,

:54:25. > :54:28.didn't get hold it. Golden opportunity. Should be testing

:54:29. > :54:37.Enyeama there. That is by a

:54:38. > :54:43.chance, certainly of the second half. Odemwingie wins his team gold

:54:44. > :54:51.cake. half. Odemwingie wins his team gold

:54:52. > :54:58.struggled a bit to create the openings, that was the

:54:59. > :55:02.Enyeama is taking his time here, there is another ball on the pitch

:55:03. > :55:18.which he has Set off Edward was probably his last

:55:19. > :55:24.game for Ameobi, at Anfield on the last day of the season. -- possibly

:55:25. > :55:42.his last game for Newcastle, Ameobi. Every Nigerian pass must be just

:55:43. > :55:47.ebbing the energy out of those Bosnian legs. They have played well

:55:48. > :56:04.tonight, Nigeria. That's a foul from Besic. He's not

:56:05. > :56:11.shy of tackle, Besic. He isn't. They have played well, Nigeria. They

:56:12. > :56:17.haven't is supporters, especially Emenike upfront. He has been used as

:56:18. > :56:18.a lone striker. He has caused so many problems for the captain,

:56:19. > :56:45.Spahic. That's a poor tackle. Pjanic was taken out by John Obi

:56:46. > :56:56.Mikel, that's up re-cake. A yellow card here for John Obi Mikel.

:56:57. > :57:07.His first year low of the tournament, indeed Nigeria's first.

:57:08. > :57:18.-- first yellow. He was away there, Pjanic. You step across and take the

:57:19. > :57:21.yellow card for the side sometimes. Only eight minutes of normal time.

:57:22. > :57:25.Bosnia will certainly talk about the wrong leaders allowed Edin Dzeko

:57:26. > :57:28.goal, but they will be disappointed with the performance -- wrongly

:57:29. > :57:40.disallowed. They looked very solid against

:57:41. > :57:46.Argentina. An unfortunate early goal and that a bit of Messi magic but

:57:47. > :57:54.they restricted Argentina to precious few real opportunities. The

:57:55. > :58:05.half hit shot from Besic, blocked by Omeruo.

:58:06. > :58:10.Nigeria will take a second goal of it falls their way but they aren't

:58:11. > :58:18.going to bust a gut for it and take chances. Good tries, that was not

:58:19. > :58:23.much more than a foot wide. -- good drive.

:58:24. > :58:34.Great movement from Emenike. He has pulled off the shoulder initially of

:58:35. > :58:46.Spahic, great touch away from Besic. Just couldn't find the target.

:58:47. > :58:57.It's a goal kick. The ball went out of play. He has been poor, Dzeko.

:58:58. > :59:03.Another poor touch from him. Really struggled, especially in this second

:59:04. > :59:16.half. Getting some stick here, Emenike, from the Brazilian crowd.

:59:17. > :59:23.Just seeing that strike from Onazi, a really good strike, comfortable

:59:24. > :59:36.save for Begovic, but it clear of the danger. Brilliant hit.

:59:37. > :00:02.Besic did well, didn't he? He came back and made it hard for Onazi. He

:00:03. > :00:25.is eyeballing him, too. Edin Dzeko was at the back post, but

:00:26. > :00:28.too high, too quick. Again, Odemwingie getting back. He has done

:00:29. > :00:34.really well defensively for his side.

:00:35. > :00:43.Great challenge from Besic. Brilliant cover.

:00:44. > :00:51.As it stands, Nigeria would go through if they can get a draw

:00:52. > :01:07.against Argentina. Or if Iran don't beat Bosnia-Herzegovina.

:01:08. > :01:20.Odemwingie. Couldn't make any contact.

:01:21. > :01:35.Odemwingie, playing with at least one eye on the clock. Yeah. Anywhere

:01:36. > :01:42.will do there. Clear it, get it up the pitch. We are minutes enough,

:01:43. > :01:48.but not many of them. Pjanic. Pjanic, away from Mikel. Pjanic

:01:49. > :01:51.here. A little reverse ball into Edin Dzeko. It didn't travel far.

:01:52. > :02:04.Too many green shirts. That's another very strong Besic

:02:05. > :02:13.challenge. It's a free-kick to Nigeria. He threw himself into that

:02:14. > :02:17.one. I think he won the ball initially. Thrown himself into the

:02:18. > :02:22.tackle. Seen one or two of those in initially. Thrown himself into the

:02:23. > :02:28.this World Cup as well, haven't we? It was the follow-through on the

:02:29. > :02:37.second challenge. Yeah. Nigeria will take their time over this free-kick.

:02:38. > :02:43.He gives him a friendly patoen the head. Good player. Really good

:02:44. > :03:03.player. -- pat on the head. Ameobi, Emenike

:03:04. > :03:09.inside the penalty area for Nigeria. It's John Obi Mikel. Ameobi.

:03:10. > :03:15.Ambrose. Got to get it

:03:16. > :03:48.Susic. Besic. Held up bio Onazi. It's gone off a

:03:49. > :03:49.Nigerian for a Bosnia throw-in. Safet Susic watching, not much he

:03:50. > :03:58.can do. Edin Dzeko, a rare touch in the

:03:59. > :04:17.second-half. That is a free-kick. Well at this stage of the game they

:04:18. > :04:22.might as well go all out. They really don't have anything to lose.

:04:23. > :04:30.Misimovic with the ball into the box. Ambrose got his head on it for

:04:31. > :04:40.Nigeria. Back in by Sunjic. Out by Ameobi. Stay in play. Susic here,

:04:41. > :04:43.Susic. Good header. Decent ball played in. Tempos rising now. They

:04:44. > :04:51.Susic. Good header. Decent ball have to get balls in the box.

:04:52. > :04:55.Susic. Good header. Decent ball Pjanic. Susic, trying to go outside

:04:56. > :05:02.Odemwingie. Pjanic. Can he get Pjanic. Susic, trying to go outside

:05:03. > :05:09.shot away? Oh. Clipped wide of the post. They may not get another

:05:10. > :05:18.chance. It was well set up wasn't it from Pjanic, again. Poor execution.

:05:19. > :05:24.It really was from Misimovic. We are from Pjanic, again. Poor execution.

:05:25. > :05:30.about to find out how much added time there will be.

:05:31. > :05:31.about to find out how much added them a little bit closer to the

:05:32. > :05:43.edge. Here's Spahic.

:05:44. > :05:48.Dzeko. I think he might have got a flick on that. There is half a

:05:49. > :05:53.chance. Good block. Pjanic, now. Mitt they have a corner. They have

:05:54. > :05:57.got three, a minimum of three minutes in which to score the goal.

:05:58. > :06:03.Pressure is mounting, isn't it? Again, opportunities to get forward.

:06:04. > :06:08.Is Begovic going to go? Decided to stay back. Pjanic will take. Eight

:06:09. > :06:17.or nine inside the area. Near side flick. Pjanic in. Header, Dzeko into

:06:18. > :06:22.the gloves of Enyeama. It's not been Edin Dzeko's night. No. He's had

:06:23. > :06:25.very little to feed off, especially in the second-half. Good ball played

:06:26. > :06:40.in from Pjanic. Comfortable save for the keeper.

:06:41. > :06:45.Yeah, it was. He had bodies around, the Nigerians, to put Dzeko off.

:06:46. > :06:49.There is a Nigerian player down inside the six-yard box. He is being

:06:50. > :06:57.invited to leave the field of play by the referee to continue treatment

:06:58. > :07:05.there. Bosnia desperate now and hoping that these few added seconds

:07:06. > :07:07.will be added on. Omeruo can't come back on until the referee decides to

:07:08. > :07:23.allow him. Salihovic, now. Omeruo back on the

:07:24. > :07:29.pitch. Spahic. It has to be now. Spahic goes long. Edin Dzeko climbs,

:07:30. > :07:36.beater in the air. Good header. Here's Onazi. Bosnia desperate for

:07:37. > :07:42.the ball, but they might not get it. Emenike, fails to accelerate past

:07:43. > :07:47.Spahic. That is a Bosnian throw, but in the wrong area of the pitch, and

:07:48. > :07:56.at the wrong time of the game. Seconds away from elimination. Last

:07:57. > :08:01.throw of the dice here. Four in the middle. Salihovic, got to get the

:08:02. > :08:05.cross past Ambrose, he did, but John Obi Mikel is there. They look

:08:06. > :08:10.exhausted, boss knee yachlt Dead on their feet, aren't they? Besic,

:08:11. > :08:15.curling it. Edin Dzeko, held it up. Dzeko. Oh, can't believe it! He's

:08:16. > :08:23.hit the post! Enyeama got something on it.

:08:24. > :08:31.Well, I did say it's not his night. Edin Dzeko, against the woodwork, it

:08:32. > :08:40.would have kept them in the World Cup. Still we play on. Enyeama

:08:41. > :08:46.headed out of his gloves almost. Cleared away by Odemwingie. Spahic

:08:47. > :08:53.underneath it. Three minutes were shown. We have played three. In it

:08:54. > :08:57.goes. Enyeama is there. Stephen Keshi the Nigerian coach is waving

:08:58. > :09:02.his arms and saying that should be that. The referee blows his whistle.

:09:03. > :09:07.The Bosnian players fall to the ground. They have run out of time.

:09:08. > :09:11.They have run out of energy. And they ran out of luck, right at the

:09:12. > :09:17.end. Their World Cup is not over, but they will not get through to the

:09:18. > :09:22.last-16. Right at the end, Edin Dzeko, against the woodwork. It

:09:23. > :09:25.would have saved them. What a chance, what a big chance. He

:09:26. > :09:34.struggled Dzeko in the second-half. What a big chance. Right at the

:09:35. > :09:41.death. Here it is. Decent touch from him. He gambled Enyeama. Gambled to

:09:42. > :09:45.go down on it. He should be scoring. He should be scoring there. Might

:09:46. > :09:50.have used his arm. Yeah, might have done. Once the opportunity came to

:09:51. > :09:57.him... Enyeama's dived early as well. Off the keeper's leg. Onto the

:09:58. > :10:06.right hand post. And out of the World Cup. Go Bosnia-Herzegovina.

:10:07. > :10:15.Nigeria are a point away from going through. They will finish against

:10:16. > :10:19.Argentina. Bosnia-Herzegovina play Iran. Edin Dzeko and his team-mates

:10:20. > :10:30.will then be out of the World Cup. It finished in Cuiaba Nigeria 1,

:10:31. > :10:35.Bosnia-Herzegovina 0. What a dramatic end, Nigeria take the three

:10:36. > :10:42.points and that's their first World Cup win since 1998. It means they

:10:43. > :10:46.are favourites to reach the last-16. Bosnia-Herzegovina lose back-to-back

:10:47. > :10:50.competitive games for the first time in five years, that means they are

:10:51. > :10:55.heading home, Argentina are already through. Iran will have to beat

:10:56. > :11:00.Bosnia and Herzegovina in that final game to have any chance what so

:11:01. > :11:05.ever. We will show you the Argentina and Iran game in a little while.

:11:06. > :11:09.They weren't as convincing in that second-half, were they, Bosnia, they

:11:10. > :11:15.seemed to lose their shape? Yeah, they lost their shape. Their manager

:11:16. > :11:21.made three quick substitutions. He was panicking being 1-0 down. Bosnia

:11:22. > :11:25.lost all their rhythm, particularly in midfield. Every time Nigeria

:11:26. > :11:29.broke forward it looked like they would score. In the last 10 minutes

:11:30. > :11:35.Bosnia lost their discipline a little bit. Dzeko will look at this

:11:36. > :11:41.game and think he cost his team a place in the World Cup. Did Nigeria

:11:42. > :11:45.surprise you? They certainly did. Compared to their first game. It has

:11:46. > :11:54.been a great day for the African nations. They have woken up. They

:11:55. > :12:02.were full of energy, solid at the back. Emenike, he was a power horse.

:12:03. > :12:09.He bullied them, didn't he? We can see that with the goal. Yeah. Look

:12:10. > :12:13.at this, Spahic, the defender. I mean, this is the sort of situation

:12:14. > :12:19.we talk about good solid defending. He gets done for pace and power. He

:12:20. > :12:25.swats him and puts him down. This is just a tap-in. I mean, Begovic is

:12:26. > :12:30.playing with defensive in front of him. Who are doing little for him.

:12:31. > :12:34.It is about desire. He wants to get his team into the next round. He has

:12:35. > :12:39.gone a long way to do thatting that. Power strength, at the end of it, he

:12:40. > :12:46.has his head up and picks out the perfect pass. Emenike run that right

:12:47. > :12:50.a hand channel. Spahic, for me, was a liability for Bosnia. In both

:12:51. > :12:56.halves? He started the second-half, we see there, a clear clip on him,

:12:57. > :12:59.Spahic performs - captain of Bosnia. Played in the Champions League this

:13:00. > :13:07.year. For me, he didn't do what he was paid to do, that is defend. He

:13:08. > :13:11.was a constant liability or. The other central defender was coming

:13:12. > :13:16.over to try and help him. Was pulling the shape of their defence

:13:17. > :13:20.over the place. It wasn't Edin Dzeko's night. He had several

:13:21. > :13:26.chances. The one time he put the ball in the net it was disallowed

:13:27. > :13:30.and wrongly disallowed. You had sympathy with the assistant referee.

:13:31. > :13:36.I do a bit. Ambrose in line with Dzeko. I wonder whether the linesman

:13:37. > :13:41.can't see. We see it here in the slow-mo. Is he being shaded by Dzeko

:13:42. > :13:45.and the linesman can't see it. He is clearly onside. That really summed

:13:46. > :13:52.up Dzeko's night. Poor from the linesman there. You are a Bosnian

:13:53. > :13:57.fan there tonight - Even though he is blocking Ambrose. He was. A poor

:13:58. > :14:02.decision. In World Cup matches you don't, you are lucky if you get one

:14:03. > :14:07.or two chancings, Dzeko had four or five. I think he ghost his team the

:14:08. > :14:12.game. We thought this would be the clearest chance? Slow to get off the

:14:13. > :14:17.ground. It comes off his shoulder. He doesn't get up early enough.

:14:18. > :14:21.Really, if he is up early, guides it in, another great opportunity. This

:14:22. > :14:25.is good defending again from Nigeria. When he gets up there,

:14:26. > :14:30.Dzeko, he does everything right. He gets above the defender. He can't

:14:31. > :14:34.get enough power on. This was the last kick of the game. Brilliant

:14:35. > :14:37.technique. Held off off the defender. Turned well. He didn't

:14:38. > :14:40.strike it. That summed up his evening. That was the last kick of

:14:41. > :14:46.the game. I think he takes his eye off that. As he turns, look at him.

:14:47. > :14:52.Good power from him he just... Handball in the build-up. He looks

:14:53. > :14:56.up. He scuffs it. If he really kicks through that, it's in the back of

:14:57. > :15:00.the net. He looked where to place it. He should have put his foot

:15:01. > :15:05.through it it could have gone in. Hit the target from there. Tried to

:15:06. > :15:09.be too clever. Side-foot instead of hitting it with his laces and

:15:10. > :15:11.breaking the back of the net. Nigeria, bar the last

:15:12. > :15:15.breaking the back of the net. created most of the chances in that

:15:16. > :15:17.second-half? Yes, they did. It was a lot of long-range shots. 20 shots

:15:18. > :15:19.second-half? Yes, they did. It was a goal, 14

:15:20. > :15:22.second-half? Yes, they did. It was a Begovic had an impressive evening.

:15:23. > :15:29.We know about him in the Premier Begovic had an impressive evening.

:15:30. > :15:32.League. Onazi a good game. A tiger in front of

:15:33. > :15:36.League. Onazi a good game. A tiger didn't get much support up to

:15:37. > :15:37.Emenike they had - Great save. It comes out quick. Spread

:15:38. > :15:43.Emenike they had - Great save. It Schmeichel like, in a way. You made

:15:44. > :15:46.Emenike they had - Great save. It the point, whilst we were watching

:15:47. > :15:50.it, Martin, you said it, Bosnia defence didn't do him any favours

:15:51. > :15:54.this evening, which is a complete contrast to playing behind the Stoke

:15:55. > :15:57.defence He has been used to... Stoke are trying to play football now.

:15:58. > :16:01.Over the years they have been dogged in their defending. Under Tony Pulis

:16:02. > :16:05.much he has the complete opposite now. This is a team that wanted to

:16:06. > :16:07.play football tonight. They didn't respect the values of defending.

:16:08. > :16:11.That is where they have been caught out really. You know, one moment in

:16:12. > :16:21.the match, where they are not strong enough at the back. They are

:16:22. > :16:28.defender, where Omeruo was imperious.

:16:29. > :16:38.He knows what he's good at, he is strong. And your blog as well,

:16:39. > :16:42.expect it from him. -- Joseph Yobo. He has been out on loan for the last

:16:43. > :16:47.two years since he has been at Chelsea. That is the kind of

:16:48. > :16:54.performance that Mourinho once, he knows what he is good at. A lot of

:16:55. > :16:57.people questioned their spirit after the first game, tonight I saw a team

:16:58. > :17:02.that had plenty of spirit. They had men back behind the ball, there was

:17:03. > :17:08.no way they were going to consider. It's impossible for any space there

:17:09. > :17:12.for Bosnia, it was Omeruo again, possibly the best defender on the

:17:13. > :17:20.pitch. He is not frightened to go against people. I like to see that,

:17:21. > :17:25.also the leadership qualities he has, for such a young man, he was

:17:26. > :17:34.ordering his team-mates around him. Let's get some reaction.

:17:35. > :17:43.First win for Nigeria since France 98, you must be excited? Yes, we

:17:44. > :17:50.were aware of that, 16 wins with no -- 16 years with no wins. We had to

:17:51. > :17:53.work hard, they are a quality team. It was difficult to get these three

:17:54. > :17:57.points but we are happy to bounce back after what people thought was a

:17:58. > :18:05.poor performance in the first game. Wage you go from here now? Where can

:18:06. > :18:09.the Super Eagles get to? It was very important to get to. Obituaries

:18:10. > :18:15.affect teams in positive ways so from now on, we are looking upwards.

:18:16. > :18:19.-- victories affect teams. Hopefully we can get to the second round at

:18:20. > :18:22.after that, anything can happen, we can be inspired as we were in the

:18:23. > :18:29.last African Cup of Nations. You never know. Earlier today, Argentina

:18:30. > :18:36.booked their place in the last 16 against Iran, just.

:18:37. > :18:45.Iran, all in red, kicking from right to left in this first half.

:18:46. > :18:52.Mascherano, the first Argentine to win two gold medals. Fine

:18:53. > :18:59.goalkeeping committee came out win two gold medals. Fine

:19:00. > :19:12.striker. Argentina, dominating position as we expected. --

:19:13. > :19:15.possession. Up went over by Haghighi. Argentina, getting into

:19:16. > :19:49.their stride. The cross from Montazeri! So nearly

:19:50. > :19:54.from Ghoochannejhad, one of the most remarkable goals of the World Cup.

:19:55. > :19:56.Every Iranians, every Brazilian, willed that went into the back of

:19:57. > :20:11.the net! Argentina are struggling. Was that a penalty? I think Zabaleta

:20:12. > :20:14.switched off there! Did he sweep the ball away with his right foot? He

:20:15. > :20:24.just flicked the ball, how tight was that! Only just.

:20:25. > :20:36.It was so typical of Messi to try and place it. He finally had room in

:20:37. > :20:40.which to run at Iran. Iran have proved party pooper so far. They

:20:41. > :20:44.said it would take a miracle for them to get anything out of the

:20:45. > :20:52.game, it it is Dejagah! A splendid save. The entire Iranians bench was

:20:53. > :20:58.up. Brilliant ball in, Dejagah really attacked it well. Brilliant

:20:59. > :21:10.save from Rivera. At this stage, Iran for most comfortable side.

:21:11. > :21:13.Ghoochannejhad! Blocked again. If that had gone in, you would have

:21:14. > :21:17.seen it again and again for years to come. The shot lacked the power and

:21:18. > :21:31.precision to beat Romero. Messi, give it to him and pray! He

:21:32. > :21:40.has done it! It had to be Messi! He has broken Iranians hearts. When in

:21:41. > :21:44.doubt, give it to the magician. He wants to be crowned the world's

:21:45. > :21:48.greatest player and has come up with another magnificent goal. Argentina,

:21:49. > :21:57.through to the second phase. We have had two games with Argentina

:21:58. > :22:02.where they haven't been scintillating and he has rescued

:22:03. > :22:06.them. Every time I watch Messi play, I always think, we are

:22:07. > :22:11.witnessing a genius because in the first half against Bosnia, he was

:22:12. > :22:15.average, first half today, very average and mini comes up with that

:22:16. > :22:19.genius moment. When he struck the ball, that wasn't his hardest shot,

:22:20. > :22:22.a struck it like a golf swing, we are fortunate that we are probably

:22:23. > :22:27.witnessing one of the greatest players of all time. He had run

:22:28. > :22:35.similar in the second half. On his left foot, it is just caressed. It

:22:36. > :22:39.is very difficult to play up -- pick up a play on that side of the page.

:22:40. > :22:43.He opens up the pitch beautifully, he knows he can do it. He has great

:22:44. > :22:47.ability to whip it in and he has come to the rescue again, I am

:22:48. > :22:49.pleased he's doing it in an Argentinian shirt, he has been

:22:50. > :22:56.accused of not playing his best football for his national side. It

:22:57. > :22:59.is fair to say the Iran manager Carlos Queiroz was less than

:23:00. > :23:02.impressed with the referee, he said, it should have been a penalty and a

:23:03. > :23:08.red card, there is no excuse, how can this guy sleep tonight or for

:23:09. > :23:12.the rest of his life? With all respect, I would like to have the

:23:13. > :23:17.opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation with him. Why did he do

:23:18. > :23:23.that to us? He's obviously referring to this challenge on Dejagah.

:23:24. > :23:31.He is an emotional guy, Carlos. I actually thought Zabaleta got

:23:32. > :23:33.something on the ball, just. He didn't see Dejagah sprinting behind

:23:34. > :23:38.him, he just got a touch on the ball. He is free lucky committee

:23:39. > :23:47.just about gets a touch on him. Dejagah, fair play to him. It is

:23:48. > :23:55.hard for the referee to see that touch. I don't know how he hasn't.

:23:56. > :24:12.So he has guessed. Germany faced Ghana this evening.

:24:13. > :24:25.It is beaten away! That was travelling.

:24:26. > :24:48.It is easily have been a Germany

:24:49. > :24:58.Looking for Goetze! Fountain, all right! Goetze finds the net. Great

:24:59. > :25:02.run from Goetze inside the full-back, not the cleanest ever we

:25:03. > :25:12.have -- header we have ever full-back, not the cleanest ever we

:25:13. > :25:18.he won't mind. It is 1-1! It is Ayew who manages to score! Will be the

:25:19. > :25:22.second brilliant ball we have seen, and we have seen two goals. A really

:25:23. > :25:34.good lead from Ayew. Well anticipated by Muntari, he has

:25:35. > :25:40.found Asamoah Gyan! Super finish! We have got a turnaround! The dancing

:25:41. > :25:48.Ghanaians have come from behind and lead Germany. Made by Muntari and

:25:49. > :25:54.finished in fine style by Asamoah Gyan.

:25:55. > :26:02.Jordan Ayew pokes his way past! He tries to do

:26:03. > :26:19.Just too high for Ayew. And Ghana Gyan. Listen to the crowd now.

:26:20. > :26:24.Just too high for Ayew. And Ghana have got the crowd to

:26:25. > :26:35.The noise is deafening, the football is superb. Flicked onwards, and it

:26:36. > :26:39.is in! Germany are level! Klose runs away to celebrate. 15 goals in the

:26:40. > :26:43.World Cup finals. He is joint top dog with Ronaldo. I think that's

:26:44. > :26:48.World Cup finals. He is joint top first touch of the ball! Not

:26:49. > :26:52.World Cup finals. He is joint top about his celebration, he doesn't

:26:53. > :26:59.quite make it! Used to make it with ease

:27:00. > :27:11.You don't often see Klose hit the target from that range.

:27:12. > :27:18.15 World Cup goals, level with the Brazilian Ronaldo, what else would

:27:19. > :27:23.you say for him? Great record, what a player. I have been playing with

:27:24. > :27:29.him for over ten years now. Today he just made the difference when he

:27:30. > :27:35.came off the bench, and just showed how good he is still. We had to

:27:36. > :27:42.respect them, vital the end of the game, we were close, they equalised,

:27:43. > :27:49.it was a great game. I would say it was a fair game. We were going to

:27:50. > :27:54.end with Martin recreating Klose 's celebration but unfortunately we

:27:55. > :27:56.haven't got time! It was a tricky table Argentina and Germany and

:27:57. > :28:01.Bosnia have been eliminated from their first World Cup. Who knows

:28:02. > :28:04.what the games later today will bring. Could not.