Dzeko Cetak Dua Gol, Gol Balasan Drogba Gagal Samakan Kedudukan
Dzeko Scores Twice as Drogba Nets Late Free-kick for Ivory Coast
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
EDIN Dzeko mencetak dua gol untuk memastikan kemenangan Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 atas Pantai Gading pada Jumat malam, sorak sorai pendukung ergemuruh menyambut kemenangan bagi tim nasional yang pertama kalinya lolos ke Piala Dunia.
Bosnia memainkan pertandingan kedua mereka dalam enam bulan di St Louis, yang diperkirakan lebih dari 30.000 warga Bosnia bermukim setelah direlokasi dari bekas Yugoslavia yang dilanda perang, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Pendukung melemparkan banyak bom asap dan beberapa flare, juga, di sekitar kiper Pantai Gading Sylvain Gbouhouo di babak kedua. Gbouhouo melemparkan balik ke arah mereka saat dia punya kesempatan membalas disertai bau tajam menggantung di atas lapangan.
Dzeko, yang mencetak 10 gol bagi negaranya dari 30 gol Bosnia di kualifikasi Piala Dunia, dikenal sebagai pemain yang haus mencetak gol.
Striker Manchester City ini menembus pertahanan Pantai Gading dengan menembak ke gawang di menit 17 melalui rebound setelah tendangan rekan setimnya, Zvjezdan Misimovic ditahan oleh bek Pantai Gading.
Dzeko mencetak gol kedua delapan menit menjelang turun minum ketika ia menendang bola hasil umpan Miralem Pjanic ke pojok bawah gawang.
Mantan bintang Chelsea Didier Drogba, yang masuk sebagai pengganti di babak kedua, mencetak gol melalui tendangan bebas di menit 91 namun The Elephants gagal menyamakan kedudukan.
EDIN Dzeko scored twice in Bosnia-Herzegovina's 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Friday night, giving the country's raucous fans plenty to cheer about in the run-up to their first World Cup appearance.
Bosnia played their second game in six months in St Louis, where it's estimated more than 30,000 Bosnians relocated from the former war-torn Yugoslavia.
Fans hurled numerous smoke bombs and some flares, too, in the vicinity of Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbouhouo in the second half. Gbouhouo tossed them aside when he had the chance while clouds accompanied by an acrid odor hung over the pitch.
Dzeko, who scored 10 of his country's 30 goals in World Cup qualifying, was again Bosnia's most dangerous threat on Friday evening.
The Manchester City forward was given the simple task of finishing into an empty goal after 17 minutes when an Ivory Coast defender blocked a shot by Zvjezdan Misimovic.
Dzeko grabbed his second goal of the night eight minutes into the second half when he converted Miralem Pjanic's pass into the bottom corner.
Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba, who came on as a second half substitute, scored a free-kick in the 91st minute but The Elephants couldn't mount a late comeback.
