The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs had their second legs on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. One of the match-ups was Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Portugal led 1-0 after the first leg. Who was able to win and advance to South Africa next summer? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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O técnico da Bósnia, Miroslav Blazevic, afirmou nesta quarta-feira que as duas partidas diante de Portugal, pela repescagem europeia � Copa de 2010, são as "mais importantes" de sua carreira.
"Nunca tive partidas tão importantes nos meus 40 anos de carreira. Estamos sob forte pressão, com grandes expectativas", afirmou Blazevic, que deu entrevista coletiva em Sarajevo. Click to continue reading...

Jogaram em Tallin, na Estônia, no A. Le Coq Arena, com um público de 6.450 pessoas, jogaram as seleções da Estônia (103º no ranking da FIFA) e Bósnia-Herzegovina (42º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
05-09-1998 - Bósnia 1x1 Estônia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
09-10-1999 - Estônia 1x4 Bósnia - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
17-08-2005 - Estônia 1x0 Bósnia - Amistoso
10-09-2008 - Bósnia 7x0 Estônia - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
O quarteto de arbitragem desse jogo, foi assim definido:
Árbitro: Nicola RIZZOLI-ITA
Primeiro Assistente: Renato FAVERANI-ITA
Segundo Assistente: Andrea STEFANI-ITA
Quarto Árbitro: Andrea DE MARCO-ITA
Aos 30 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 11, Edin DZEKO abriu o placar para a Bósnia-Herzegovina. Click to continue reading...

A roundup of some stories today of interest to Canadian soccer fans.

• Some Canadian Guys Writing About Soccer have uncovered speculation that Simeone Jackson will be leaving Gillingham for the Championship and signing with Leicester City for a tidy sum of cash.
• Duane at the 24th Minute is reporting that Tomasz Radzinski is doing his best Energizer bunny impersonation and staying at FC Lierse in Belgium 2nd Division for at least 2 more years.

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Portsmouth keeper Asmir Begovic was on Full-Time on The Team 1040 last night to state pretty unequivocally that, while he was approached by Bosnia, Canada is where his future lies.

"I'm happy to stay with Canada, that's where I see my future... I've been approached by Bosnia. There were talks.

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There has been quite a bit of rumour and speculation about the international fate of the as-yet-to-be-capped Canadian keeper Asmir Begovic.

Speculation that he might actually decide to play for Bosnia instead of Canada started swirling last month when the Bosnian coach in a Bosnian paper started tossing Begovic's name around and linking him with the Bonsian national side.

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It was a close one, but Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo MLS) has squeezed out Julian de Guzman (Deportivo de La Coruña La Liga) and been named by the CSA as the men's 2007 Adidas Canadian Players of the Year for the third straight year. I would have been happy with either of them winning. But [... Click to continue reading...

Dale Mitchell has announced his first roster for a match since taking over the reigns of Canadian national team earlier this summer. Canada will be traveling to Reykjavik next week to take on Iceland in an international friendly match and, not surprising for a game on European soil, much of the squad is being pulled [...] Click to continue reading...