보스니아 헤르체고비나가 카타르를 꺾고 16강 진출을 눈앞에 두고 있다.
보스니아 헤르체고비나는 득점력을 높이는 것이 사상 처음으로 토너먼트 진출 가능성을 높이는 데 중요하다는 것을 항상 알고 있었습니다. 따라서 에르민 마흐미치가 카타르를 탈락시키는 데 결정적인 역할을 한 세 번째 골을 넣었을 때 수천 명의 팬들이 열광한 것은 당연한 일이었습니다. 하지만 경기 최고의 골은 단연 18세의 유망주 케림 마흐미치의 골이었습니다.
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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