(Patria) - The handball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina will visit Portugal tonight in the first match of the playoffs for the 2025 World Championship, which will be played in Croatia, Denmark, and Norway.
In this match, the new coach Damir Doborac will debut on the bench of the Dragons, and our team will be led by pivot Senjamin Burić as captain for the first time. He was chosen as captain on Tuesday at a players' meeting, and his deputy is Marko Panić. This will be our fourth official duel with Portugal in history. The Portuguese have two wins, and BiH has one. In the qualifiers for the 2015 World Championship, BiH won at home with 31:29, and Portugal was better at home with 27:26. In the group stage of the 2020 European Championship, Portugal won 27:24.
Before the start of preparations, BiH coach Damir Doborac faced problems due to injuries to center back Josip Perić and right winger Luka Perić, while Admir Ahmetašević dropped out due to private commitments. Milan Vukšić (Izviđač), Amar Kendić (Maglaj), and Bekir Čordalija (Vogošća) received subsequent call-ups.
"When we consider our results and Portugal's, they are favorites on paper, we don't shy away from that. However, we also have our strengths. We are short on time, but I sincerely hope we will give our maximum in terms of approach. If they are better, we will shake their hands. We will try not to let them beat us that easily. We also want to present ourselves as well as possible. I believe the players are aware of the responsibility," said coach Doborac in the pre-match press conference, as published on the website of the Handball Federation of BiH.
The referees for tonight's match will be Estonians Marion Kull and Alvar Tint, while the delegate is Jan Rudinsky from Slovakia. Incidentally, referees from Estonia officiated the new-old champion of BiH, Izviđač, this season in their home match against Chambery in the EHF European League.
Coach Damir Doborac has taken the following players on this away trip: Benjamin Burić, Harun Hodžić, Senjamin Burić, Luka Knežević, Marko Panić, Marko Majstorović, Ibrahim Haseljić, Adi Mehmedćehajić, Milan Vukšić, Matej Ljubić, Pavle Petrović, Nemanja Peštić, Adin Faljić, Mislav Grgić, Dejan Malinović, Mirko Herceg, Adnan Isaković.
The coach will determine the 16 players for the match today, and one of them will watch the match from the stands.
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