{"id":852506,"date":"2026-03-26T22:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852506\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:29:32","slug":"world-cup-qualifiers-wales-v-bosnia-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852506\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifiers: Wales v Bosnia LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><strong>86&#8242; \u2013 DZEKO EQUALISES<\/strong><\/b>: the Schalke striker beats the opposition goalkeeper to the ball after the keeper misjudged his run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><b><strong>Double Pivot<\/strong><\/b>: Two midfielders (often <b><strong>Jordan James<\/strong><\/b> and <b><strong>Josh Sheehan<\/strong><\/b>, pending Ethan Ampadu\u2019s full return) operate in front of the defence to build play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><b><strong>Attacking Midfield<\/strong><\/b>: A trio of quick, technically gifted players such as <b><strong>Brennan Johnson<\/strong><\/b>, <b><strong>Harry Wilson<\/strong><\/b> (often in a central role) and <b><strong>Daniel James<\/strong><\/b> (or Sorba Thomas) supporting the lone striker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">FAW +3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Tactical Variations<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>59&#8242; <\/strong><\/b>&#8211; Wales come close to doubling their lead as James hits the crossbar following a deflection off an opponent.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>51&#8242; &#8211; WALES TAKE THE LEAD:<\/strong><\/b> Tahirovic inadvertently plays the ball into the path of Daniel James, who strikes a first-time shot from long range, catching the opposing goalkeeper off guard as he slips and is powerless to stop it.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>45&#8242; &#8211; HALF-TIME<\/strong><\/b>: the only chance of the first half was Wilson\u2019s shot against the post in the 22nd minute.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>22&#8242; &#8211; <\/strong><\/b>Wales close to taking the lead: Wilson\u2019s curling left-footed shot hits the post.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>20&#8242;<\/strong><\/b> &#8211; A dull match so far; the home side are keeping possession but are unable to break through the opposition defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"86&#8242; \u2013 DZEKO EQUALISES: the Schalke striker beats the opposition goalkeeper to the ball after the keeper misjudged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764,243197,30157],"class_list":{"0":"post-852506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales","13":"tag-wales-vs-bosnia-and-herzegovina","14":"tag-world-cup-qualification-uefa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116297843671763777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}