Portugal seal place in finals

PORTUGAL negotiated a tricky tie to qualify for the World Cup after a 1-0 success in Bosnia-Herzegovina sealed a 2-0 aggregate success last night.

Carlos Queiroz’s side headed into the second leg in front thanks to Bruno Alves’ goal on home soil, but Bosnia-Herzegovina had been unfortunate to be trailing after being denied by the woodwork three times in Portugal.

However, Portugal made no mistake in the return as Raul Meireles’ goal after 56 minutes was enough to guarantee a safe passage through to South Africa.