Greece 2 - Lithuania 0; Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 - Latvia 1; Slovakia 2 - Liechtenstein 0

Zenica welcomed home Group G contenders Bosnia and Heregovina to take on Latvia.  Latvia spoiled the party with an excellent corner kick set piece five minutes into the match. Oskars Klava found the head of Deniss Ivanovs, who nodded to the back post where a sliding captain Kaspars Gorkss finished against a stunned Bosnia defense.  Six minutes later, Bosnia drew an unbelievably soft penalty that they would convert for 1-1. Just before half, an Edin Dzeko run up the left side of the pitch led to a cross to Miralem Pjanic, who gathered, turned off his defender, and blasted home for a 2-1 lead after forty-five minutes.

Pjanic won a 50-50 ball just outside Latvia's penalty box with ten minutes off the clock, and he then picked out Zvjezdan Misimovic for Bosnia's third goal.  In stoppage time, Dzeko pulled a double juke, causing two defenders to fall with the same move before beating the goalkeeper for Bosnia's fourth and final goal. Bosnia win 4-1, marking the second straight match that Latvia led 1-0 before ultimately losing.

Bratislava welcomed their heroes Slovakia to take on visiting Liechtenstein.  Liechtenstein goalkeeper Peter Jehle made a fine save from close range after a half-dozen minutes to prevent Slovakia from taking the lead.  Vladimir Weiss put a low cross into the box, and on his second attempt to make contact, Marek Sapara scored the opener for his side.  In the final ten minutes, Slovakia kept pushing, and a Marek Hamsik header crashed the underside of the crossbar without going in, leading the provider of the service Sapara with his hands on his head in disbelief.  Slovakia took the 1-0 advantage into the dressing room.

Jehle saved from Hamsik in the first danger play of the half.  With twelve minutes to go when Miroslav Stoch had a one-on-one with Jehle and got the ball through his hands.  Stoch's goal was stolen by a teammate as it crossed the line, but no matter. Slovakia win 2-0.

Greece made their first appearance at home in the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Lithuania in Piraeus.  Greece had the better of play at the start, but they did not come close to a goal until a free kick by Sotiris Ninis (pictured, blue #18) curled over the wall and was tipped away by goalkeeper Zydrunas Karcemarskas.  Karcemarskas made two more saves to preserve the 0-0 after one half.

Karcemarskas knocked away a close-range Kostas Mitroglou  header in the first minute after the break, leaving Greece to wonder if they would ever score.  Mitroglou had another header chance, but this time he hit the post.  Greece gathered the rebound, and Ninis ended up with a nice turn-and-shoot to make it 1-0 to Greece.  Mitroglou, in his third chance after substituting onto the pitch, scored with under twenty minutes to play off a one-two-one play with Ninis.  Greece would set out the match, and they win 2-0.

Bosnia 6 pts +10
Greece 6 pts +3
Slovakia 4 pts +2
Lithuania 1 pts -2
Latvia 0 pts -4
Liechtenstein 0 pts -9

Goals
Bosnia
Zvjezdan Misimovic 12 PK, 54
Miralem Pjanic 44
Edin Dzeko 90+1

Latvia
Kaspars Gorkss 5

Slovakia
Marek Sapara 36
Martin Jakubko 78

Greece
Sotiris Ninis 55
Konstantinos Mitroglou 72

Match Reports:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1699691/index.html
http://www.euronews.com/sport/1654464-rampant-bosnia-continue-goal-spree-to-sink-latvia/
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1699909/index.html
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1699935/index.html

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEviK3s5zw (Bosnia v. Latvia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFO_ZCWahA (Slovakia v. Liechtenstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1cFl9VhNTk (Greece v. Lithuania)

Full Match Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NXI53iqV4c (Bosnia v. Latvia - 1st half)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guBfApaAr4I (Bosnia v. Latvia - 2nd half)