WORLD CUP 2014: Bosnia 3 - 1 Iran

The Europeans had already made history in reaching the World Cup for the first time in their country's short existence while Iran, who had won just one of 11 previous games at the tournament, were looking to set their own landmark by making it through to the knockout stage.


Dzeko looked lively early on so it was no surprise when he opened the scoring after 23 minutes. Pjanic was given plenty of time to pick out Dzeko, himself afforded too much space, and the Manchester City striker set off on a diagonal run from right to left before shooting past Alireza Haghighi from 25 yards.

Their second - which finally put paid to Iran's chances - just short of the hour was self-inflicted as Jalal Hosseini gave away possession in his own half and was severely punished as Tino Susic provided the pass for Pjanic, who was borderline offside, to slide home. Ghoochannejhad struck with eight minutes to go but there was not even time for Iran to consider an unlikely comeback before Vrsajevic drilled home Bosnia's third from a narrow angle.

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