Danijel Šunić passed on the right in the 11th minute and sent the ball in the five-meter area to Aleksej Golijanin who hit for 1:0.
In the 23rd minute, Dario Ćorić came to the ball twenty meters from the opponent’s goal, passed by two opposing players and from the left side scored the second goal for the BH team.
The BH team scored the third goal in the 52nd minute. Azur Mahmić passed on the left and assisted to Golijanin who scored his second goal from about ten meters.
In the 73rd minute, a penalty was awarded to Gibraltar, in reason that Muhamed Šahinović made a foul over Dylan Borge in the penalty area. The penalty kick was performed by James Cawthorn, but he sent the ball over the crossbar.
After the match, the acting head coach of the BH team, Adin Mulaosmanović, stated:
“Today we played against an objectively weaker opponent. We can be pleased with the result, but not with the game. We will certainly need more matches and gatherings to better play. Players playing for the national team must provide more than they showed today. Nevertheless, this is a development tournament, and it should show us such things. We still have a match with Montenegro, which will still show us who can, and who cannot stay in the team. It is important that we won and hope for a positive result on Tuesday.”
In the second group match, Armenia defeated Montenegro 5:4 after the penalty kicks.
Today’s matches were watched by the head coach Sakib Malkočević who, due to health problems, does not lead a team from the bench, but he recovers from surgeries and stresses that he feels good.
After two rounds, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro have 4 points, while Gibraltar has no points.
The tournament ends on Tuesday, 30th April, when the matches Armenia vs. Gibraltar (10:00 h) and Montenegro vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (14:00 h) will be played.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Gibraltar 3:0 (2:0)
FF BH Training Centre, Zenica
Referee: Mario Pejić (Grude)
Assistant Referees: Ekrem Šišić (Busovača), Damir Bajrambašić (Zenica)
4th Official: Harun Šarić (Zenica)
Goals: 1:0 Golijanin (11th minute), 2:0 Ćorić (23rd minute), 3:0 Golijanin (52nd minute)
Yellow cards: Šahinović (BH), Zammitt-Agius (Gibraltar)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Luka Damjanović, Ajdin Zulić, Dario Ćorić, Arif Ramić, Ivan Grgić, Luka Brandić, Azur Mahmić, Dejan Popara, Danijel Šunić, Aleksej Golijanin, Alija Požegić. Also played: Muhamed Šahinović, Esnar Fejzić,Dino Nuhanović, Amar Musić, Benjamin Ćosić, Mustafa Šukilović. Head Coach: Adin Mulaosmanović
Gibraltar: Sean Louis Benitez, Julian Britto, Liam Asquez, Kivan Marco Ramos, Kadrian Mark Verjaque, Davan Martin, Jaime Sean McGrail, Bilal Douhan, Kyron McGrail, Christian Scott Zammitt-Agius, Finlay James Cawthorn. Also played: Patrick John McClafferty, Ellie Lineker Wilson, Elias Nour Juel-Saleh, Thomasjohn Chakraverty, Dylan Borge, Kyle Clinton, El-Din Omar Salah, Ryan Azopardi, Matthew Piter Pilcher. Selektor: Jonathan Sodi
