Pjanić ran the most, Bosnia and Herzegovina outperformed Nigeria in several segments

Bosnia and Herzegovina lost to the Nigerian national team with a score of 1:0, thus bidding farewell to the World Cup in Brazil, reports the Patria news agency. The amateur refereeing mistakes of New Zealander Peter O'Leary contributed to this defeat, but it is evident that the Dragons began to lose strength in the second half, and many concluded that they lacked physical fitness.

However, according to statistics, our players performed better on the field and also ran more. In total, the Nigerian national team covered 103,280 meters, while the Dragons together covered 110,327 meters. Individually, Miralem Pjanić ran the most for Bosnia and Herzegovina with 11,266 meters, along with exactly 66 passes and two shots on goal. Incidentally, during the 93 minutes of the match, our players had 598 accurate passes, while the Nigerians had 422.

We committed seven fouls, and the Nigerians nine. Statistics show that we were more dangerous in attack, recording 55 dangerous attacks, while the Nigerian national team had 43. In the penalty area, we were dangerous 18 times, and the Nigerians only seven.

Ball possession was also on our side with 54 percent, but the ball simply seemed unwilling to go into the net.

Right after Pjanić, the player who ran the most in our team was Muhamed Bešić with 11,194 meters and 69 accurate passes. Zvjezdan Misimović had 40 passes and ran 10,644 meters.

Mensur Mujdža ran 10,363 meters with 35 accurate passes, and right behind him is Emir Spahić with 10,280 meters run and 48 passes. Toni Šunjić ran 10,212 meters and had 43 passes.

Here are the performances of the others:

Asmir Begović 4,952 meters, nine saves

Edin Džeko 9,239 meters, 18 passes, 7 shots on goal

Senad Lulić 6,186 meters, 25 accurate passes

Haris Medunjanin 7,263 meters, 63 accurate passes

Izet Hajrović 6,249 meters, 25 accurate passes, one shot on goal

Vedad Ibišević ran 4,269 meters, three shots, seven accurate passes

Tino Sven Sušić 3,885 meters, nine accurate passes

Sejad Salihović 4,304 meters, 11 accurate passes

The man of the match was Nigerian Odemwingie, the scorer of the only goal, who ran 11,208 meters with four shots on goal and 43 accurate passes, Patria reports.