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

Liechtenstein made the trek north to Marijmapole to take on Lithuania.  A poor giveaway a dozen minutes in should have cost the visitors, but Deivydas Matulevicius directed his shot straight at the goalkeeper.  Michele Polverino was soon thereafter dispossessed by Matulevicius, who this time made no mistake with his finish.  An Edgaras Cesnauskis cross was turned into the Liechtenstein goal by a side header from Tadas Kijanskas with five minutes left in the half.  Lithuania were up 2-0 after the opening forty-five.

Liechtenstein were improved in the second half.  It took a brave charge from Lithuania goalkeeper Zhidrunas Karchemarskas to block a hard shot from Mathias Christen.  Both teams had a dangerous set piece play go begging.  Matulevicius on a late run again muffed a goal chance by hitting straight into the goalkeeper.  Lithuania win 2-0 in spite of their poor finishing.

Zilina was the site of the return match as Slovakia hosted Bosnia and Herzegovina in the teams' second meeting in five days.  Bosnia were looking to rewrite the script from the first meeting, a Slovakian victory.  The name Jan Mucha will be giving the Bosnians nightmares for years to come.  The Slovakia goalkeeper put on a show in Zilina today as his side hosted Bosnia before a surprisingly pro-Bosnia crowd.  Within the first five minutes, Mucha had already made diving saves to rob both Misimovic and Edin Dzeko on quality strikes.  Slovakia were working the counterattack well, which was a necessity given their dearth of possession.  Slovakia really should have opened the scoring, but Adam Nemec push his header wide from six yards in spite of the lack of pressure from the defense. Nemec made up for his miss with a nice pass to put Marek Hamsik in with a chance inside the box.  Hamsik struck his shot well and Slovakia had the opener.  In stoppage time, Mucha made a reaction kick save off a header from Pjanic, who was unmarked on a curling run to meet a Mujdza cross.  Slovakia escaped the half up 1-0.

Vladimir Weiss nearly made it 2-0 after he had shaken the mark of Ermin Bicakcic, but Weiss pushed his shot just wide of target.  Emir Spahic flicked on a corner kick to the back post, where Bicakcic tipped the ball in for his first international goal.  The match was suddenly level again.  With a dozen minutes left in regulation, Izet Hajrovic took a running start before lacing a rocket strike from thirty yards that sent the visiting crowd into delirium.  Bosnia were able to hold on with the crowd's support.  Bosnia win 2-1.

Piraeus and hosts Greece welcomed Latvia for a FIFA World Cup qualifier.  Konstantinos Mitroglou thought he surely had the opener from a close-range diving header, but Latvia goalkeeper Aleksandrs Kolinko made a miraculous reaction save and collection of the rebound before it crossed the line.  Greece were far superior but left the scoreless first half with nothing to show for their efforts.

As so often happens, Greece's lone goal came from a counterattack.  Georgios Samaras run the ball up the pitch and burned two defenders before slotted a perfect through ball in for Dimitrios Salpingidis.  His shot was weak but it had the placement to give the Greeks the lead.

Latvia lost Ritvars Rugins to a straight red in minute 86, ending their bid at a comeback.  Rugins was banished for a choke hold on Kostas Katsouranis's neck.  Katsouranis later joined Rugins on the sideline when he was sent off in second half stoppage time, but by then the mission for Greece had already been accomplished.  The results eliminates not only Latvia but also Slovakia from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.  The group is now down to just Bosnia and Greece for the title.

Bosnia 19 pts +20
Greece 19 pts +5
Slovakia OUT
Lithuania OUT
Latvia OUT
Liechtenstein OUT

Goals
Lithuania
Deivydas Matulevicius 18
Tadas Kijanskas 40

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ermin Bicakcic 70
Izet Hajrovic 78

Slovakia
Marek Hamsik 42

Greece
Dimitrios Salpingidis 58

Match Reports:
http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008717/postmatch/report/index.html
http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Football/2013/09/11/Bosnia-march-on-with-21-win-in-Slovakia.aspx
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Bosnia-march-on-with-2-1-win-in-Slovakia/articleshow/22471176.cms
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/9/10/4715986/slovakia-vs-bosnia-herzegovina-world-cup-qualifying-final-score-result
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-bosnia-march-2-1-win-slovakia-213721244--sow.html
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite5_1_10/09/2013_518161
http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Greece-push-through-1-0-win-against-Latvia

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgVd7nhslGM (Lithuania v. Liechtenstein)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHm6oxRfo6I (Bosnia v. Slovakia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh-1wG8JRo (Greece v. Latvia)