We all know that the football representation of Bosnia and Hezegovina hasn't have much success in the previous tries. But everyones hopes are now on the qualifications for the world football championship which will be played in Japan in 2002. (of course if the end of the world doesn't happen).

All the previous failures of our team will be forgotten, if we wese able to go to the worlds most important football competition. And we have the reason for hoping. After selecting the teams which will play whit us in our group, we can say that Bosnia and Hezegovina has a solid chance for coming true of she's greatest dream.

And our way to Japan can be that difficult. First of all we'll play against Lichtenstein, one of the worstest representation of wholle Europe, and it is compulsory to win. Than comes Israel. So what if they had beaten us in basketball. What comes around, goes around. There shouldn't be any larger problems with Austria. Other but Spain is another story. But however as secondplaced we could pass the qualification and perhaps we'll beat the Spain too, miricales happen.

After all, all those in opinion of many people, great players (Salihamidžić, Baljić , Barbarez) which play for Bosnia and Herzegovina owe the passing championship to all the fan, that have been encouraging them for years.

 ŠEJLA MASLO  09/12/1999