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Hello, let's try to earn some money from Group F, specifically from the battle for second place, where Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nigeria national teams will meet without them surviving in this group will also face Iran and Argentina national teams. This group also stands out in that it includes three Muslim countries, but I won't talk about religions right now. One could say that the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team is matured as a team and looking at the World Cup qualifiers, progress is very visible (4th place in 1998, 2002, 3rd place in 2006, 2nd place in 2010, and lost in the play-offs to Portugal 0-1 and 0-1, and in the 2012 European Championship playoffs also lost to Portugal 0-0 and 2-6) the main team leaders are at their peak age (Begovic 27, Dzeko 28, Ibisevic 29, Salihovic 29, Luhic 28, Ibricic 28) plus they have many young players progressing (Pjanic 24, Hadzic 24, Hajrovic 22, Bicakcic 24, Kolasinac 21, Besic 21, Visca 24) and a few close to veteran age (Mujdza 30, Spahic 33, Misimovic 32) coach S.Susic uses all players regardless of age or authority, but looks at form and other aspects, you may disagree as I'm not part of the team staff, but if you watched the match against Argentina, you should have noticed the composition, and in that match on the field appeared (including substitutes) even six players aged 21-24 and five of them were in the starting lineup, and three of them are not even 23 years old. The team played very well in the match (if you don't look at the final result), they attacked, didn't close up defensively despite playing against one of the World Cup favorites. Coach S.Susic is Bosnian and has been coaching the team since 2009, although he spent most of his coaching career in Turkey, he can't boast of any titles, but with a mix of youth and experience in the team and the team's progress, it seems that the strategist is strong enough, which I wouldn't say about the opponent of this competition. Nigeria, although they earned a point in the match against Iran, their gameplay, tactics, movement, aggressiveness, and motivation did not convince and even disappointed, and here we can blame only one person, the strategist (who I don't think deserves to be called that, but that's it) S.Keshi's tactics were amateur and resembled a 15-year-old Lithuanian national team's attacking strategy (which by the way did not exist) getting the ball to go forward and maybe someone will catch it, the philosophy of the team's "leader" Obi Mikel, which was 100% infused by the coach, was completely unsuitable for such a game, as in the club he is a defensive player and his function is to disrupt and start attacks with the first pass, not to create, but giving him freedom of movement, the African overestimated his abilities and made only mistakes without creating anything for his teammates, the other "leader" V.Mosses would be more suitable for the Nigerian sprinters' national team, as he only ran after the ball, but couldn't control it, sometimes managing to bypass opponents, it is worth noting that both of these players are more often benched in their clubs. Other team members also did not surprise, and Iran left a good impression as a defensive team and certainly deserved the point. In the Nigerian team, there are certainly high-level players such as Mosses (Chelsea/Liverpool), Obi Mikel (Chelsea), and Musa, Odemwingie, Emenike, Ameobi, Azeez, Ambrose, Onazi are representatives of clubs such as CSKA Moscow, Stoke City, Fenerbahce, Lazio, Almeria, Celtic, Lille. However, like Cameroon, the problem in the Nigerian team is not the individual players but the team as a whole and that is the responsibility of the coach. The current African champions showed completely unchampion-like play and it was not Iran's merit, but the fault of the Africans themselves. S.Keshi's joyful smile and chatting with the Iranian national team coach after the final whistle was very surprising, as if these were matches against Argentina, as such a result against Iran if the team is thinking about the next stage should have meant a tragedy. Although in terms of the standings in the tournament table, all teams have a chance to advance to the next stage, and Bosnia currently has the worst position with 0 points, they, considering the quality of the competition, attitude, emotional drive, strength of the team's coaching staff, and remaining opponents, have the best chance to advance to the next stage, but the ball is round and as we saw, not only favorites lose, but they also pack their bags, however in these matches, I don't think Nigeria will transform from a hopeless team into a football monster in a few days, and Bosnians will lose confidence in their abilities. In essence, Europeans should control the game and dictate their conditions and play in the first place, while Africans will try to counterattack. I don't think Bosnia will benefit from a 5-3-2 formation, which they used against Argentina, it will be 4-4-2 or 4-5-1, and it will be harder to predict opponents, as after poor matches the coach can dramatically change both tactics and composition, but I think they will play with the usual 4-4-2. Let's wait for a beautiful and dynamic football with a happy ending, and the verdict would be: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 1 Nigeria Date: 2014-06-22 01:00 Choice: Bosnia wins @1.93 Oracle Reliability: 8/10 WC2014 statistics: Predictions: 3 Wins: 2 Losses: 0 Cancelled: 1 Plus/minus: +15.5 For those who don't know what reliability (or units) is, briefly - each person sets the price of their one unit of reliability and makes bets according to it, and analysts in predictions determine the probability of their forecasts according to their opinion (remember, there is never 100% certainty). 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