The assistant coach Adin Mulaosmanović says on yesterday’s match with Belgium:

“There remains bitterness after this match, but we are aware that there is another important match ahead of us and that we have to stay focused. We need another win for the quarterfinals. We did not use the first “match-ball” against Belgium. They were better, but the result of 4:0 is too high. They shot four times toward the goal-frame and every time they were successful. In some parts of the match, we also had a game, but we did not use our opportunities. We have to archive this and concentrate on Ireland against which only the win brings us a place among the top eight.”

Mulaosmanović also commented on the next opponent:

“The U-17 team of the Republic of Ireland is a good one, which passed through the elite round with all the victories. They have an excellent attack and corpulent players that are physically dominant. Regardless, I think we have enough quality and we can beat them.”