Slim Portugal lead gives Bosnia WC playoff hope

Slim Portugal lead gives Bosnia WC playoff hope

Published Nov. 15, 2009 8:25 p.m. ET

Portugal's slender 1-0 advantage over Bosnia-Herzegovina after the first-leg World Cup playoff in Lisbon in which the visitors struck the goal frame three times offers little comfort for the Portuguese ahead of the return match.

"It's going to be close. We'll suffer till the final whistle," Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz said of Wednesday's decider in Zenica.

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