Wales will look to guarantee qualification to a major international tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup on Saturday when they travel to Zenica to play Bosnia and Herzegovina in their penultimate group game. Chris Colemans's side have enjoyed a wonderful campaign to date, and merely avoiding their first defeat would be sufficient for them to book their place in France. Even if they lose they could still qualify, though they'd then be relying on Israel to drop points against Cyprus.
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Wales live stream: Time, TV schedule and how to watch Euro qualifying online
A draw away in Zenica will be enough for Wales to book their place at Euro 2016.
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However, Wales shouldn't be expecting an easy game. Bosnia aren't pushovers, and are currently engaged in a bitter scrap for the third-place playoff spot. If results elsewhere go against them, a defeat to Wales would see Bosnia's own hopes of qualification evaporate. There's no doubt that they should be as fired up for this fixture as their British visitors.
Key player: Gareth Bale (Wales)
The Welsh national team and Gareth Bale have effectively become one and the same through the course of this qualification campaign, with all news articles and publicity posters adorned with the Real Madrid attacker’s image. It’s no surprise: Bale’s quite comfortably a cut above his Wales teammates, and has shown as much through qualification. He’ll no doubt look to cement legendary status by finishing the job himself in Bosnia.
When they last met: Wales 0-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina, 10 October 2014
At the least, let’s hope this game is rather more exciting than the one at the Millennium Stadium in the reverse fixture. To be fair, that match wasn’t quite as bad as the scoreline suggests: a cagey first half gave way to chances at both ends in the second, though the goalkeepers invariably triumphed over the outfielders and the result was a scoreless draw.
Match Date/Time: Saturday, 2:45 p.m. ET, 8:45 p.m. local
Venue: Stadion Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
TV: ESPN Deportes (U.S. - Spanish), Sportsnet One (Canada), Sky Sports 2/HD (U.K.)
Online: ESPN3, WatchESPN (U.S.), Sportsnet World Online (Canada), Sky Go (U.K.)
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