The most successful coach in the history of the Bosnian national team considers Rebrov’s team the strongest opponents in the entire playoff round
Former coach Bosnia and Herzegovina national team Safet Susic shared his expectations from the confrontation between the Balkan team and Ukraine in the semi-finals of the qualifying playoffs European Championship 2024.
“Like everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I’m looking forward to Thursday and the playoff match against Ukraine. If we win in Zenica, I believe we will qualify for the European Championships because, realistically speaking, the quality of Ukraine cannot compare with Iceland or Israel.”
“Because of the situation in their country, the whole world may want the Ukrainians to go to the European Championship, but we are playing on our home soil and in front of our fans. You yourself know what kind of atmosphere you can create in Zenica. So I wish Savo and the guys good luck and that they make us happy.”
Susic, 68, was once a prominent footballer, playing for many years in midfield for PSG and the Yugoslav national team. His coaching career was spent mostly in Turkey, and the peak was working with his native national team in the period 2010 – 2014. Under Susic, Bosnia and Herzegovina made it to a major tournament for the first time – the 2014 World Cup, where they won a historic victory over Iran, but failed to qualify from the group .
In qualifying for the 2024 European Championship, the Balkan team, led by Serbian Savo Milosevic, scored only 9 points from ten matches and finished fifth in their qualifying group. She qualified for the playoffs through the Nations League quota.
On March 21, Bosnia and Herzegovina will host Ukraine in the semi-finals of the Euro 2024 qualifying playoffs in the city of Zenica at the Bilino Pole stadium. Starts at 20:45 local time (21:45 Kyiv time). Back in the first ten days of March, it became known that all tickets for this match were sold out.
If successful, Ukraine will meet the winner of the Israel-Iceland confrontation. The final match will be a “home” match for the blue-yellows and will take place on March 26 in Wroclaw, Poland.
The final part of Euro 2024 will be held in Germany from June 14 to July 14, 2024. The matches of the European Championship will be held in arenas in Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.
Source: Sportarena
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