Bosnia and Zimbabwe qualify for semi-finals

Bosnia and Zimbabwe qualify for semi-finals

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Bosnia Herzegovina and Zimbabwe have
qualified for the Dunhill Cup semi-finals after beating Indonesia
and Zimbabwe, respectively, in the final Group B matches played
here on Wednesday.

Bosnia downed Indonesia 2-0, while Zimbabwe routed Vietnam 6-0
in the two Group B matches.

Today's semi-finals will see Zimbabwe taking on Group A winner
China, while Bosnia will meet Malaysia, the second-placed team in
Group A.

Earlier Wednesday, Indonesia failed to upset Bosnia, despite
having the speed and support of its partisan supporters, mainly
made up of Indonesian workers in Malaysia.

Their forwards gave early indication of their intentions by
setting up successive raids on the Bosnian goal.

But the Bosnians, shrewdly husbanding their energy in the
humidity with heavy ground conditions, absorbed the Indonesian
pressure and waited for their opponents to make mistakes.

One such error came in the 29th minute when Indonesian
goalkeeper Hendro Kartiko needlessly brought down Bosnian forward
Dzelaludin Muhaemovic inside the penalty box. Sanin Pintul made
no mistake with the spot kick.

A minute before half-time, Asim Hrnjic put Bosnia further
ahead by capitalizing on another Indonesian defensive error to
score.

The scoreline stayed unchanged till full-time with Indonesia
vainly trying to salvage some pride, while the Bosnians confined
themselves to avoiding errors.

Zimbabwe later claimed the second semi-final berth from Group
B with a 6-0 routing of Vietnam .

The victory placed Zimbabwe in the second place in Group B and
a semi-final match today with China.

Zimbabwe led 3-0 at half-time with two goals from Gilbert
Musangazhike and one from Alous Bunjira.

After the break Mushangazhike collected his hat-trick while
Bunjira scored his second goal. Claudius Zviripati added his name
to the scoresheet with one goal to wrap up the victory for
Zimbabwe.

The finals are to be played on March 2.