Bosnia-Herzegovina coach Safet Susic said his team paid the price for stage fright in its opening World Cup game against Argentina, which the favorite won, 2-1, thanks to a moment ofbrilliance from star player Lionel Messi. The Bosnians rarely looked second-best against the Albiceleste, but were ultimately made to pay for an unlucky Sead Kolasinac […]
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What They're Saying: Safet Susic
“We grew up in Bosnia, where the streets were far more dangerous than that!” — Bosnia-Herzegivina coach Safet Susic after he and his staff wereconfronted by an armed gang when they took an evening walk from their team hotel in the town of Guaruja without informing their security officers. A police car happened to pass […]
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Group F Preview: Messi and Co. poised to dominate
By Mike Woitalla Argentina has home-continent advantage as it launches its quest for a third World Cup title, and first since 1986, in a group with World Cup debutantBosnia-Herzegovina, Nigeria, which disappointed severely four years ago, and Iran, winner of only one game in its previous three appearances Prediction Besides host and neighbor Brazil, Argentina […]