What an incredible finish to that match. At the end of it, Nigeria have their first World Cup win since 1998. Peter Odemwingie's goal was the difference and Nigeria are now second in the group. Iran, three points behind them, must beat Bosnia to have any chance of going through. Lionel Messi, you cruel, cruel man. Bosnia are out of their first World Cup after their first game. They had their chances and they had a good goal ruled out for offside, but their inexperience also showed. Thanks for reading. Bye.
Bosnia-Herzegovina exited the World Cup after Peter Odemwingie's winner, but were aggrieved that Edin Dzeko's goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside
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Sun 22 Jun 2014 03.39 EDT
First published on Sat 21 Jun 2014 16.30 EDT
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Full-time: Nigeria 1-0 Bosnia
It's over! After two games, Bosnia are out of the World Cup!
90 min+3: Edin Dzeko hits the post! The ball was tossed into the area. He held off his man. He turned. He was six yards out. He shot with his left foot but too close to Enyeama and the goalkeeper turned it against the post and to safety! That's a bad miss.
90 min+1: There will be three minutes of stoppage time. Bosnia have a corner on the right. Pjanic takes it. It's headed back to him. He lobs the ball into the area and there's Dzeko, rising high but heading straight at Enyeama! Another chance goes begging.
90 min: Misimovic has been poor. Suddenly Pjanic darts into the area and lays a pass back to Misimovic, who completely miskicks with his first effort, before dragging his second miserably wide.
89 min: Spahic is fouled 40 yards from goal. A chance for Bosnia. Misimovic crosses. Ambrose heads clear. Then Susic crosses. It's a good ball, but no one attacks it. Away it goes again.
88 min: Bosnia have two minutes to save themselves.
86 min: Credit has to go to Nigeria for the way they have closed the game down.
85 min: This must be horrible for the Bosnia players. They just can't rouse themselves. They've been sleepwalking through the last 40 minutes.
84 min: Emenike is down. He wants treatment. The referee isn't interested, tells him to get on with it and helps him up. "Part of the joy of watching Bosnia stroke it round is the beautiful way their names flow together in commentary," says Jeremy Dresner. "Really scratches a tiki tala itch."
83 min: Emenike skids a shot inches wide from 20 yards. At this point, it seems unthinkable that Nigeria won't win this match. Bosnia appear to have lost all belief.
81 min: Bosnia's players look like they're running through treacle. The pitch seems really heavy. Passes are taking a long time to reach their target. All of which means Nigeria are closing in on victory. Though they'd quite like a second to be sure. Onazi whistles one through the way from 25 yards. Again Begovic is behind it all the way, and beats the ball away. Pjanic tries to lead a counter, but Mikel blocks him off and is booked.
80 min: The ball has just landed in my desk.
79 min: Uzoenyi has a go with a free-kick.
77 min: Enyeama is untroubled by Pjanic's low drive from 18 yards. It didn't pack much of a punch. "How about a shout out (sorry, I'm getting on a bit) for the Brazuca?" says Simon McMahon. "For all the brilliant football so far, I literally can't take my eyes off the ball. This ball, indeed this World Cup, is the polar opposite of the Jabulani of 4 years ago."
75 min: It's Babatunde who's had to go off. Forget what I said earlier, he's not fine. Uzoenyi replaces him for Nigeria. There's a strong chance my medical licence is going to be revoked.
74 min: Susic charges through on the left. He wins a corner. Nigeria will defend it with 10, one of their players off the pitch. In it goes from the left, Pjanic taking it, and Ibisevic heads over from six yards out! It came off his shoulder. Oh dear. What a chance.
72 min: Misimovic hooks a cross into the Nigeria away. Enyeama claims. Bosnia are running out of ideas. Their passing is so slow.
71 min: This would be quite a good result for Iran actually. It would mean that Bosnia have nothing to play for when they meet them, while Nigeria won't relish playing Argentina.
69 min: Babatunde has been off receiving some treatment after being caught by Besic. He's fine. He'll enter the fray again shortly. "One day, years from now, I will tell my grandchildren that I watched Shola Ameobi play in the World Cup," says Fraser Thomas.
68 min: Someone's been booked for Bosnia. Or quite possibly hasn't been booked. If they have, I missed who. If they haven't, I'm well on top of the game.
67 min: Just as I was saying that Bosnia are showing a lack of experience, Ibisevic almost makes me look stupid by turning in the area and drawing his right foot back. Under pressure, though, he can't get any purchase on his shot. And so my blushes are spared. Hooray for me, hooray for journalism, hooray for the Guardian, hooray, hooray.
65 min: Bosnia are drifting. They've run out of steam. And so has Ahmed Musa. Nigeria bring him off and introduce the man, the myth, the Shola Ameobi. Instantly Ameobi is flicking a pass to Emenike on the right. He storms past poor old Spahic again, then Sunjic, and his cross is shuffled behind by Begovic.
64 min: Bosnia make their final change, Haris Medunjanin replaced by Tino-Sven Susic.
61 min: Nigeria are pressing for a second. Begovic is keeping Bosnia in the World Cup. First he scoops a 20-yarder from Babatunde away. Then a cross comes to Odemwingie in the area. The ball rebounds off him but runs to Emenike. Six yards out, he's brilliantly denied by Begovic's legs, the goalkeeper out to face him so quickly.
59 min: Spahic is going to have nightmares about Emenike tonight.
58 min: Bosnia make their second change straight away, Sejad Salihovic replacing Senan Lulic.
57 min: Bosnia make their first change, bringing on Ibisevic, who scored against Argentina, for Hajorvic.
56 min: Spahic versus Emenike isn't a contest. Emenike beats the Bosnia defender with ease again on the left, but his low centre is cleared. But only to Onazi. He should tee up Musa to his left. Instead he scoops an ambitious shot wide. Selfish.
55 min: Nigeria mount their first attack of any note in the second half. Babatunde pops up on the edge of the area and his low drive is parried away by Begovic.
54 min: Nigeria are dropping deeper and deeper, though, and Pjanic picks the lock again, a piercing pass slid through to Mujdza on the right. However he delays his cross for an age and when it comes, a deflection takes the sting out of it.
53 min: Misimovic is losing the ball a lot.
52 min: Bosnia seem to play at walking pace at times. It's like watching a team from the 70s, all languid touches and elusive movement. Very pretty, but they could do with more urgency, someone to quicken the pace. "The linesman was perfectly in line with Dzeko for the offside decision, so fitness or keeping up with play was not an issue," says Tony Cowards. "My guess is that he missed the defender behind Dzeko in the split second he had to make the call."
51 min: Dzeko tries to get round Omeruo. There's no way round Omeruo.
49 min: Bosnia have Nigeria pinned back at the start of this half. Nigeria haven't made it past the halfway line yet.
47 min: By the way, as it stands Bosnia are going out of the competition. They're doing it the English way, the best way.
46 min: Off we go again. In Blighty, it's now Sunday, 17 hours until the next football match begins. "Once again, I find myself in a South American bus station (Buenos Aires this time), following your min by min report," says Neil Clack. "I think you invented a new verb there,to linesman - like it, like, it, surprised it's never been invented before - but, strictly speaking, and especially as you're working for the Guardian, shouldn't it be "that was a truly shocking piece of linespersonning...'? But then again, as you say, your bosses probably won't read it."
"Not quite sure why I'm emailing the minute by minute football at 3am but surely for important tournaments like this it wouldn't be hard to put some kind of locator chip in everyone's boot, or an armband or something, which would automatically work out the position of the players and feed offside verdicts to the ref instantly?" says Shaun Walker, our Moscow correspondent.
And that way, their clubs would always know where they are.
Half-time Nigeria 1-0 Bosnia
Nigeria lead at the break thanks to Peter Odemwingie's goal but you have to feel for Bosnia, who were extremely unfortunate to see Edin Dzeko's goal incorrectly ruled out for offside. They're still in this, though. It's fascinatingly poised. Neither team can defend.
45 min+1: Now Lulic skips down the left and rolls a pass inside to Dzeko, who blasts high and wide under pressure from 25 yards. That wasn't easy.
45 min: Dzeko fluffs another chance. Pjanic is the architect once more, gliding down the right and pulling the ball back to Dzeko, who skies his shot from 12 yards. Typical that he scored the one that was flagged offside.
43 min: Bosnia can't afford to grow frustrated. They've panicked with their final pass outside the Nigeria area in the past few minutes. "I really wonder if this pitch isnt somewhat bigger than regulation size?" says Nicholas in Lagos. "Its that or the Bosnians have an extra man. They own that midfield! Keshi should take out Babatunde and bring on Ameobi. With the feebleness of the bosnian defence, surely even he cant miss?"
41 min: "Since the offside is judged by how the linesman sees how the last defender lines up with the attacker, my guess is that this particular linesman was badly behind the play and didn't see it correctly," says Dave Hill. "What needs to happen is to have match officials in shape and able to chase the play."
Alternatively, when the game is played at pace, your eyes can play tricks on you.
40 min: Medunjanin's effort from 25 yards sails harmlessly wide.
39 min: Emenike wins a corner on the right. Spahic heads away, but not far enough. Musa whizzes clear on the right again and tries to take Begovic by surprise with a shot from a tight angle. The Bosnia goalkeeper saves with some difficulty.
35 min: "Video replays?" says Shooby Taylor. "Pshaw, that would only break up the game too much and not give the players any opportunity to bicker with the ref after every questionable decision. For shame, Carl!"
It wouldn't take long to see if goals are onside. Ten seconds, if that. Is it acceptable that teams should not be awarded a perfectly good goal? They're not easy to score. Offsides aren't subjective - it is or it isn't.
33 min: Dzeko wastes a good chance to equalise for Bosnia. Mejudanin lofted a fine ball on to his head in the area, but he headed tamely at Enyeama. "Even baseball, FFS, has video replays now," says Fraser Thomas. "Add replays, plus properly timed games, and you're starting to put together something special."
32 min: The entire Bosnia bench was up with their arms outstretched, angrily asking why Spahic was not awarded a free-kick. One school of thought is that he should have been stronger, the other that Emenike's hand on the back was illegal, another is that this fence is mighty comfortable. What is indisputable is that Dzeko's goal should have stood.
GOAL! Nigeria 1-0 Bosnia (Odemwingie, 29 min)
Peter Odemwingie gives Nigeria the lead but Bosnia are furious! They want a free-kick for what they feel was a foul on Spahic by Emenike. Seen them given, seen referees play on. What happened was that Emenike isolated Spahic on the right flank and pushed the ball past him, before hurtling off in pursuit of it. He then put his arm on the Bosnian's back, causing him to tumble and leaving the path clear. It was, in truth, a bit of a soft fall and the attacker got the benefit of the doubt, which allowed him to play it back to Odemwingie, who swept home from six yards! What a double-whammy for Bosnia. They'll have trouble digesting that.
28 min: Enyeama is becoming increasingly over-worked. Pjanic shoots from 25 yards. It dips just in front of Enyeama, who spills it into the six-yard box. He's lucky there wasn't a Bosnia player in the box. "Video replays?" says Carl. "Yes, please! That one didn't even look offside in real time. The fourth official was just guessing, wasn't he?"
27 min: Onazi locates Row Z from the edge of the Bosnia area, sending an unsuspecting fan's hot dog flying. "If your strip is a green shirt, with green shorts and green socks, you simply can't wear red boots," says Matt Dony. "Odemwingie looks like he should be making toys in Lapland. And you never know, if playing for Nigeria doesn't work out, he might drive there and wait in the car park outside the toy factory."
25 min: Bosnia win possession on the halfway line and suddenly they're running straight at the Nigeria defence. Misimovic has options left and right. He goes right but his pass isn't great, forcing Hajorvic to delay and check back inside. He tries to find Dzeko, in space on the left of the area, but he can't take the ball in his stride and Nigeria survive.
24 min: After such a lethargic start, Bosnia are in the mood now! Dzeko lays a pass off to the scheming Pjanic and then peels away, running on to the inevitable through-ball. His first touch forces him a tad wide, however, and his shot is palmed over by Enyeama. The corner comes to nothing.
22 min: That was a truly shocking piece of linesmanning from the linesman. It's not the first time it's happened in this tournament and it won't be the last at this rate. Dzeko was a yard onside. But Bosnia won't let the disappointment affect them. They shake it off and Hajorvic scoots inside from the right and looks for the far corner, drawing a good save from Enyeama, who does well to hold.
21 min: GOAL! No! Wait! Offside! Pjanic slips Dzeko through with a gorgeous pass and he slams the ball emphatically past Enyeama. The replay shows that Dzeko was well onside. Another appalling decision from the officials. Video replays, anyone? Nigeria storm forward and Ambrose's first-time clipped cross from the right just evades Musa at the far post.
20 min: Musa cuts inside and tries to curl one into the far corner but he's not yada yada yada. "Following your mbm from a wedding that I'm ignoring!" says Lucian Chase Not my own. Now England is out I'm shopping for a team to support. Like how when your marriage inevitably crumbles and endlessly disappoints you gotta look for a second wife, you know?" Costa Rica.
19 min: Pjanic's corner is overstruck but comes to Misimovic on the left corner of Nigeria's area. He ducks inside and tries to curl one into the far corner, but he's not Messi.
18 min: I hasten to add that I'm still wearing my mankini. I'm not an animal. Also, Bosnia have just won a corner on the right. "I was hoping for Medunjanin to be sent off so that I wouldn't have to listen to the BBC commentary mispronounce his name so egregiously!" says Jack Elm.
17 min: There are 12 people in this office, but not one of them has noticed that I've taken my shoes off, because I'm just a chilled-out entertainer at heart. It's that attention to detail that makes The Guardian the thriving paper we all know and love.
16 min: Bosnia haven't got going at all.
14 min: Onazi shoots from 25 yards. Begovic sprawls to his right to save.
13 min: Nigeria are making all the early running. Babatunde is found in space on the left, but he's just offside. The flag goes up, so there's no need for me to tell you that the ball was cut back to Odemwingie, who shot straight at Begovic. Oh.
11 min: JOHN OBI MIKEL HAS A SHOT. There is nothing left to see. Bosnia are being run ragged by Musa. He escapes down the right-hand channel this time, Bosnia's defence a sorry rabble. He can't find anyone in the box but the ball eventually comes to Mikel on the edge of the area. He sends a low daisycutter not too far wide. Begovic was worried. Meanwhile, Millings is back. "I always thought it was a retaining order, as in "I will retain you within my sight at all times." My mistake. Mind you, it could be worse. I used to think it was "re-staining".
9 min: Nigeria threaten again and they really should have taken the lead here. A pass from right to left – I missed who from, sorry, sue me* - found Musa scurrying away from his marker. He would have been clean through, but he took his eye off the ball and let it run under his foot. Bosnia might want to think about dropping their defence back a yard or two.
8 min: There's no chance of either side playing for a draw here, not based on the evidence in front of us here anyway. Bosnia respond to that free-kick with a quicksilver attack up the other end, the ball worked neatly to Besic just outside the area. His strike flies over.
7 min: So, a free-kick to Nigeria, then. Mikel stands over it for a while, looking hopeful, like a forlorn child praying in vain that his mother might buy him a chocolate bar at the check-out till. No luck, he's ushered away by Odemwingie, whose curling effort flashes just wide of the left post. It took a deflection off the wall actually, but a goal-kick is awarded by those eagle-eyed officials.
6 min: Spahic plays his side into trouble with a dreadful, casual pass straight to Musa in his own half. Musa bursts past Medunjanin, who brings him down 30 yards from goal, earning himself a booking which really should be transferred to Spahic for rank incompetence of the highest degree.
4 min: Dzeko's cute little pass through to Pjanic has Nigeria worried. But the flag is up for offside. There won't be much defending tonight, which is good news. "Like Millings, I'm ignoring my children because as so often, there's an ex-Everton player on the pitch," announces Gary Naylor. "And two on the panel."
3 min: An open start here. Emenike is located with a pass over the top, Sunjic momentarily having a wee doze. He recovers to concede a corner on the right. Musa goes over to take it. It's an abysmal effort, sent straight to the man at the near post, an egregious waste of time, but the clearance only trickles as far as Onazai, 30 yards out. He blasts over. "The way Messi actually did cut in on his left was with his unique playstation sticky grace," says Mr Dresner. "It is one of those moves that is hard to keep up with even in the replay. Would have turned any defender in the world into a breathing lunging training cone that one."
And we're off! Nigeria, kicking from left to right, get the ball rolling to a piercing cheer, but it's Bosnia on the attack straight away. Dzeko muscles off his marker in the middle and spreads a pass out to Mujzda on the right. His low cross is hacked clear. "This will be the game that France may suddenly realise perhaps they're better off finishing second in their group if Bosnia finish second," says John Smith. I respectfully disagree. I doubt they want to face Messi in this form.
And here come the teams. Nigeria in their glimmering all-green, Bosnia in their shiny all-white, albeit with some blue stripes here and there. It's the little touches that really set an outfit apart. Time for the anthems. Hands on chest, eyes ahead, desperately trying to remember the words, some miming, a relieved wipe of the forehead once you realise you got away with it, no one noticed.
"Don't worry, Jacob; I'm reading," leers Mac Millings. "What's more, I'm ignoring my children to do so. Dedication, that is. Love, some might call it."
Are you forgetting the restraining order, Millings?
It's just been asked on the BBC whether it's harsh to wonder whether Iran should have let Lionel Messi cut on to his left foot. Well that's it, isn't it – I know what he's going to do, but that doesn't mean that I can stop him.
If you write something on the internet at this hour and no one reads it, does it make a sound?
Luckily my bosses aren't reading this, it's far too late.
Sorry, I would talk to you more, but I have various oddjobs to do.
Team news
Nigeria, with added Peter Odemwingie: Enyeama; Ambrose, Oshaniwa, Yobo, Omeruo; Mikel, Onazi; Babatunde, Odemwingie, Musa; Emenike.Subs: Ejide, Uzoenyi,Gabriel, Egwuekwe, Moses, Odunlami, Azeez, Nwofor, Uchebo, Ameobi, Agbim.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Begovic; Mujdza, Sunjic, Spahic, Lulic: Besic, Medunjanin, Pjanic; Hajrovic, Dzeko, Misimovic. Subs: Fejzic, Vrsajevic, Bicakcic, Kolasinac, Vranjes, Ibisevic, Susic, Ibricic, Visca, Hadzic, Salihovic, Avdukic.
Referee: Peter O' Leary (New Zealand).
Preamble
Evening. No time for a preamble tonight, I've been busy doing data entry. Here's what you need to know: Nigeria were dismal when they drew with Iran in their first game, Bosnia-Herzegovina were unlucky to lose to Argentina, both sides need to win, football's a game of two halves and it's a funny old game.
Kick-off: 11pm BST.
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