Nigeria v Bosnia 1 - 0

Peter Odemwingie delivered on both counts controversially so as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Edin Dzeko's luckless first taste of football's biggest stage saw them suffer the quickest of eliminations.

A match billed as the battle for second place behind Lionel Messi in Group F deserved more than the single goal that put Nigeria on the brink of joining Argentina in the last 16.

Ghana and Germany did not have a monopoly on Afro-European entertainment yesterday, this game picking up where the other left off with fearless attacking play from both sides.

Dzeko will be wondering how he failed to score, although the Manchester City striker was cruelly denied his first World Cup goal when he was wrongly flagged offside after brilliantly timing his run before lashing past Vincent Enyeama.

One assistant referee having made an enemy of Bosnia, the other followed suit when Odemwingie swept Nigeria in front in the 29th minute.

Ivan Spahic protested furiously after Emmanuel Emenike surged past him and unwittingly clipped his heels before picking out Odemwingie for a first-time finish through the legs of Stoke City team-mate Asmir Begovic.

Dzeko only had himself to blame when he headed straight at Enyeama as the end-to-end action refused to abate at the end of the first and start of the second half.