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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Bosnia-Herzegovina celebrated its first World Cup berth since its independence in 1992. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bosnia-Herzegovina made history Tuesday, qualifying for its first World Cup in its fifth attempt as an independent nation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bosnians, who haven\u2019t advanced to a European Championship either, defeated Lithuania, 1-0, on a late goal from Vedad Ibi\u0161evi\u0107. The VfB Stuttgart forward is already well known in St. Louis, where he lived as a child and played college soccer for the Billikens. He\u2019ll now be immortal in Bosnia thanks to his 68th-minute finish in Kaunas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bosnia finished UEFA Group G play at 9-1-1 and qualified for the World Cup over Greece, which had an identical record but a far inferior goal differential. The Greeks beat visiting Liechtenstein 2-0 Tuesday and will have a second crack at a berth in Brazil in next month\u2019s European playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STRAUS: World Cup qualifying standings and scenarios for Tuesday's games&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bosnia mounted sustained pressure on the host Lithuanians but failed to break through, thanks in large part to goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis, who plays for Russian club Rubin Kazan. Bosnia\u2019s Senad Luli\u0107 (Lazio) put the ball past Arlauskis in the 62nd minute but was correctly ruled offside. Four minutes later, Ibi\u0161evi\u0107 blasted an almost perfect first-time shot that the goalie somehow reached.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But there was nothing Arlauskis could do in the 68th as Edin D\u017Eeko\u2019s cross from the left found Ibi\u0161evi\u0107 unmarked just a few yards from the goal. It was an easy and historic finish for the 29-year-old.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://youtu.be/HVo_Gr8Ng6Y&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bosnia is ranked 18th in the world and has come close to advancing to the past two major tournaments. It fell in a two-leg playoff to Portugal before both the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. Portugal will have to go through the playoff again thanks to Russia\u2019s qualification Wednesday, but Bosnia is headed straight to Brazil.\n&lt;strong&gt;STRAUS: Egypt's World Cup dreams hit roadblock as Ghana routs Pharaohs 6-1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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