Peter Odemwingie scored the African champions Nigeria only goal to defeat Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 at Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, on Saturday, June 21.
The win gives Nigeria its 4th point in Group F and enhance its chances to qualify with Argentina.
Nigeria have their first World Cup win since 1994 and Bosnia are out of the World Cup. It was an unspired performance by the European debutante and whatever chances they created were wasted by Edin Dzeko. At the back Emir Spahic looked like he was playing football for the first time and Emmanuel Emenike’s dominance of the right flank led to the Nigerian goal.
Bosnia , however , had a legitimate goal scored by Edin Dzeko ruled offside by the referee to complete a miserable day for the referees errors in Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Team Melli must defeat Bosnia on Wednesday to stand any chance of qualifying to the next round along with Argentina.
TEAMS | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARGENTINA
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
NIGERIA
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
IRAN
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |