Prosinečki in Sarajevo: The goal remains qualification for the European Championship

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Robert Prosinečki, coach of the "A" national team of BiH, arrived in Sarajevo after almost two months, where he will attend the session of the Executive Board of the FA/FS BiH today. The end of last year was marked by the qualification of our best selection for Group A of the Nations League, as well as the coach's health problems, due to which he missed the draw for the EURO 2020 qualifying groups.

Coach Prosinečki spoke about his health condition for the official website of the FA BiH.

"I feel great, I have recovered after the operations I had, and most importantly, all my test results are good. In the beginning, I had to watch my diet, but now that's all okay too, so I don't have any difficulties. There's just one minor corrective surgery left, and that will probably be after the match with Greece. I am in good spirits and eagerly awaiting the start of these new qualifiers."

Speaking about the EURO 2020 qualifying group, Prosinečki said that they did not get an easy group.

"Italy, who did not qualify for the World Cup, are the favorites, and they should not allow themselves not to qualify for another major tournament in a short period. Then there is always the tricky Greece, we have the Finns who are also not easy, but I think Liechtenstein and Armenia are not in the running to have a chance to go to the European Championship. BiH has quality players, and we are only thinking about going to the next major tournament, which is the European Championship."

The BiH national team has been eliminated in the play-offs twice in the qualifiers for the European Championship. How difficult will it be now to secure participation in the tournament of the best European selections?

"We have a good national team, as I said during the Nations League, and our goal is to qualify for the European Championship. I am an optimist and I believe that all my players have a great desire and great ambitions to go to this tournament. No matter how difficult the group is, we believe we can advance."

When asked about the plan for the March matches (against Armenia and Greece) and whether there will be new players in the national team, the coach emphasizes that there is not much time left.

"These two matches are coming very soon, first Armenia and then Greece, and I have been focused on that for a long time. I follow all the players, and by the qualifiers, they will play three or four matches, with the championship in Russia not having started yet. These players who play are more or less regulars and are playing well. Some who were injured, like Sejo (Kolašinac), have recovered, are playing well at Arsenal, and younger players like Gojak, Lončar, who play in Croatia and whom I have followed, are very good. There are some others, but we will see how they are doing by the call-up, generally, we will not change much, some new players might come, but we will see in the coming period in what form they are."

Finally, Prosinečki noted that he will use his stay in Sarajevo to finalize the preparation plan for the start of the EURO 2020 qualifiers with his associates.