FIRST TEAM
10/19/2009

Salihovic and Ibisevic to face Portugal

Today FIFA announced the draw for the European play-offs for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. The draw sees Hoffenheim's two Bosnia-Herzegovina stars Sejad Salihovic and Vedad Ibisevic take on Portugal.

The two games are scheduled for the 14th and 18th November. Sejad Salihovic appeared pleased with the draw: "The play-offs mean everything now. It doesn't really matter who you play against, it's always going to be tough. I'm convinced that we can make it the the World Cup finals with Bosnia. Portugal have a great team, but we've already shown that we've got a lot of quality as well. We will deliver!"

The games at a glance:

Republic of Ireland - France

Portugal - Bosnia Herzegovina

Greece - Ukraine

Russia - Slovenia


The winners of the four play-offs qualify for the FIFA 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa (11th June - 11th July 2010).

 

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