Enid Tahirović: I am sure we can advance to the second round

The fact that we eliminated Iceland in the World Cup qualifiers, I think, is enough of a warning to all national teams that we possess a quality that others must respect – said Edin Tahirović, the celebrated handball goalkeeper of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the BH News Agency Patria. Precisely because of this, he says, foreign media, even before, and especially since last night after the groups for next year's World Cup in Qatar were determined, speak with respect about Dragan Marković's team.

After the draw for the upcoming World Cup, which will be played in Qatar from January 15 to February 1, was held last night at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Doha, placing our team in Group B alongside Croatia, Iran, Tunisia, Austria, and Macedonia, regional media wrote that Dragan Marković's team showed in the qualifiers that they are a very unpleasant opponent. Nikola Prce and the experienced Mirsad Terzić were singled out as the most dangerous players. Tahirović says that, given the quality of our handball players' game, such an attitude from foreign audiences does not surprise him.

- I think we can advance to the second round. Austria owes us from the previous qualifiers when they defeated us soundly. Now is the time to get revenge – Tahirović told Patria.