Bosnia boast they will clip Eagle's wings

11 Apr 2014 06:11:09
Andrew Randa
Bosnia coach Safet Susic
has thrown down the
gauntlet at the Super Eagles,
and insists his team will
make it out of Group F of the
Fifa 2014 World Cup to be
hosted by Brazil in June.
Susic says he isn't bothered with the Super
Eagles of Nigeria and believes his attacking
philosophy will see the debutants scale the
group stage hurdle.
The former Paris Saint Germain midfielder
has set up his team to attack with
Manchester City's Edin Dzeko leading the
line with 10 goals in qualifying as Bosnia
notched up 30 goals.
Bosnia boasts attacking players like City's
Dzeko, Roma's Miralem Pjanic, former
Hoffenheim midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic
and Vfb Stuttgart's Vedad Ibesivic and Susic
feels this players can cause damage to any
team.
"We will continue attacking like we always
do," Susic told www.utsandiego.com.
"It may sound tactically risky, but I think it
would be wrong to play differently.
The 58-year-old coach, who has had stints
in France and Turkey says he will also stick
with his attacking style at the World Cup.
"It would be unfair to the game and above all
to the fans if we were to constrain such
talents,"Susic said.
"After all, we are playing to score more goals
than our opponents and so far it has paid
off."
When asked about his team's chances in
Group F of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, Susic
who took over the Bosnia job in 2009, said:
"Argentina is by far the best team in our
group and they should finish first.
"Our target is to join them in the next round.
"I think our chances are very realistic,
because at this moment, both Nigeria and
Iran are not better teams than us. I fully
expect that we pass into the second round."
Bosnia, who recently inked a deal with
sportswear firm Adidas to kit them at the
World Cup, lost their last pre-World Cup
friendly, played in Innsbruck, Austria on 5
March 5, 2-0 to Egypt.
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