ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナはカタールを下し、決勝トーナメント進出目前
ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナは、得点数を伸ばすことが初の決勝トーナメント進出の可能性を高めることを常に理解していた。そのため、エルミン・マフミッチがカタールを破る勝利において決定的な3点目を決めたとき、数千人のサポーターが熱狂したのも当然だった。この試合のベストゴールは間違いなく、18歳の若き才能あふれるケリム・マフミッチのものだった…。
Bosnia and Herzegovina always knew boosting their goals-scored column would enhance their chances of advancing to the knockout stage for the first time. It was no wonder, then, that thousands of their supporters went berserk when Ermin Mahmic added a potentially crucial third goal in a victory that eliminated Qatar. The goal of the game undoubtedly belonged to the exciting 18-year-old Kerim Alajbegovic, but Mahmic’s sealed a win that means a last-32 date with the USA in Santa Clara, at the home of the San Francisco 49ers, is the most likely scenario from here.
It was impossible to ignore the sense that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s head coach, Sergej Barbarez, was keeping his powder dry by keeping Alajbegovic on a leash of sorts after declining to start the teenager in their opener against Canada. After all, Alajbegovic was instrumental in Bosnia and Herzegovina arriving to this point, entering as a gamechanging substitute in playoff wins over Wales and then Italy, scoring penalties in both shootout victories, including the decisive spot-kick in Cardiff.
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