The new selector of the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ivica Obrvan, made his debut with an important victory over Austria in Bugojno 27:21 (11:10), which left the „Dragons“ in the game for placement at the European Championship, which is scheduled for next January.
The result and the game of the BiH national team gave a lot of reasons for satisfaction to the Croatian expert.
– It can be said that we were more diverse, but we were also served by a shot from outside. Some players who have had less minutes so far, such as Herceg, played well, we made a difference that we controlled to the end and came to victory. I have already said, the second half was more relaxed, without cramps, the flow of the ball was good, we spared Malinović, who was our only right back, so I can be very satisfied for our first set and first game.
The selector also spoke about the goalkeeper Ahmetasevic, who stood out primarily with his masterful double defense Weber.
Ahmetašević is an excellent goalkeeper, I had the opportunity to see him live for the first time, with Burić it is a terrible tandem, and Bojić also proved to be compact. Goalkeeping school in BiH is good and that is our future. Buric has been defending in Flensburg for a long time and he showed his class tonight as well.
In the end, Obrvan pointed out that one should not expect a positive result in the next round against Germany.
I firmly reject any thought of any of our chances if they come with a second or third lineup, because they have countless good players that they showed at the World Cup in Egypt. We can’t count on them playing lightly and beating them. We have to focus on Austria – concluded Ivica Obrvan.
