PLAYOFF Bosnia and Herzegovina Futsal National Team Begins Preparations Ahead of Two-Match Series with Kazakhstan

The Bosnia and Herzegovina futsal national team gathered today in Zenica as part of preparations for the two-match series against Kazakhstan, writes the Patria News Agency.

The first playoff match for qualification to the Futsal European Championship, which will be held next year in Serbia, will be played on September 15th at 8 PM in the Zenica Arena, and the return leg will be played seven days later in Almaty.

BiH coach Boro Matan told Patria that the Kazakhstan team is a very demanding opponent, with several good Brazilian players, but regardless of that, he hopes for a victory from the BiH futsal players.

For the first goalkeeper of the BiH selection, Bahrudin Omerbegović, this is his fourth playoff, and he also expects BiH to defeat Kazakhstan and advance.

- We expect a favorable result and we hope to go to the Euro. Kazakhstan is a good team, but BiH also has its qualities - says Omerbegović.

Here's how it looked at today's training:

Coach Matan counts on the following players for these matches:

Bahrudin Omerbegović (Centar), Marin Šunjić (Zrinjski), Ivan Matan (Alumnus, Croatia), Nijaz Mulahmetović (Centar), Nermin Jusić (Centar), Srđan Ivanković (Čelinac), Dražen Novoselac (Centar), Tomislav Bevand (Square, Croatia), Nermin Kahvedžić (Centar), Anel Radmilović (Centar), Marijo Aladžić (Centar), Stanislav Galić (Mostar Stari Grad), Josip Bošković (Zrinjski), Dragan Ikonić (Tango), Adnan Delahasanović (Centar), Ivan Ivanković (Zrinjski).