Bosnia and Herzegovina national "A" football team has won the 2016 Kirin Cup Soccer tournament which was held in Japan. Coach Mehmed Bazdarevic's players won the finals against Japan 2-1 at the Suita City Football Stadium in Osaka. Like in the semi-finals against Denmark, it was Milan Djuric who scored two goals in the final match and lead our team to victory.
Team members Almir Bekic, Filip Arezina and Aleksandar Kosoric made their first international appearances for our team during this match.
In the match for the third place, Denmark beat Bulgaria 4-0, while BiH attacker Milan Djuric was named the tournament's best player and best goalscorer after scoring four (4) goals in two games.
Japan vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-2
Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium, Osaka
Referees: Jarred Gillet, David Walsh, George Lakrindis, Benjamin Williams
Goals: 28' Kiyotake Hiroshi 1-0, 30' Milan Đurić 1-1, 66' Milan Đurić 1-2
Yellow cards: 35' Almir Bekić (BiH)
Japan: Nishikawa Shusaku, Nagatomo Yuto, Morishige Masato, Yoshida Maya, Sakai Gotoku, Hasebe Makoto, Kashiwagi Yosuke, Kiyotake Hiroshi, Okazaki Shinji, Usami Takashi, Asano Takuma, Kawashima Eiji, Higashiguchi Masaki, Makino Tomoaki, Maruyama Yuichi, Sakai Hiroki, Shoji Gen, Kagawa Shinji, Kobayashi Yuki, Oshima Ryota, Endo Wataru, Honda Keisuke, Kobayashi Yu, Kanazaki Mu, Haraguchi Genki / Coach: Vahid Halilhodžić
BiH: Ibrahim Šehić, Edin Cocalić, Mateo Sušić, Almir Bekić, Toni Šunjić, Mario Vrančić, Haris Medunjanin, Haris Duljević, Izet Hajrović, Armin Hodžić, Milan Đurić, Kenan Pirić, Anel Hadžić, Srđan Grahovac, Aleksandar Kosorić, Rade Krunić, Zvonimir Kožulj, Miroslav Stevanović, Filip Arežina / Coach: Mehmed Baždarević




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