Bosnia came out swinging and Alajbegovic punished the hesitation in the 29th minute, the kind of goal that tells you which team actually wanted to be entertaining tonight.

Five minutes later the Abunada own goal arrived like an unexpected gift, and Qatar's brief Al-Haydos reply in the 42nd was a flicker of pride before the cushion got too comfortable.

Mahmic stretched it to three in the 80th to seal a watchable, slightly one-sided show where the defending did more for the scoreline than the strikers ever asked it to.