This time, our futsal players beat Serbia 2:4 away in Novi Sad.

Although weakened by the non-playing of three standard national team players, captain Anel Radmilović, goalkeeper Stanislav Galić, and Mario Aladžić, the team of Ivo Krezo showed an excellent game and reached three new points.

The BH team came to the advantage in the 6^th minute. After one corner, Josip Bošković’s shot was blocked by Serbian goalkeeper Jakov Vulić to Davor Arnautović, who scored the first goal of the match by his head.

The home team equalized in the 18^th minute from the penalty spot, and the scorer was Marko Pršić.

A minute after, the BH the team came to a new advantage. Bilal Jelić got the ball in the middle of the pitch, moved alone towards the opponent’s goal and hit the net diagonally from the right side for 1:2.

In tonight’s match, the captain of the BH national team, Srđan Ivanković, took the ball away from his opponents in the 21^st minute and shot strongly from ten meters for 1:3.

Only two minutes later, Dragan Tomić took the ball away from Mirko Hrkač in the six-meter area of the BH team, assisted Stefan Rakić who was precise and Serbia reduced the advantage of Bosnia and Herzegovina to 2:3.

Ivanković got rid of his guards in the 34^th minute and scored his second goal in the match from about 8 meters and set the final score.

After the match, the head coach of the BH team Ivo Krezo stated:

“I would like to thank Serbia for a fair and correct game, as well as for an excellent hosting. As it is known, we were missing three important players tonight. However, we are such a nation that what does not kill us, strengthens us. We played at a very high level, we created opportunities. The opponent also had his chances. Congratulations to my players on a great game and a well-deserved victory. They left their hearts on the pitch tonight.”

Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently first in Group 4 with a maximum of 6 points, and in the third round it will play in Romania on 4^th March.

Serbia - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:4 (1:2)

Sports Hall: SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad

Referees: Ondřej Černý, Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Goals: 0:1 Arnautović (5:30), 1:1 Pršić (17:13, penalty kick), 1:2 Jelić (18:22), 1:3 Ivanković (20:48), 2:3 Rakić (22:27), 2:4 Ivanković (33:49).

Serbia: Jakov Vulić, Stefan Rakić, Dragan Tomić, Marko Pršić, Strahinja Petrov, Miljan Radmanović, Ninoslav Aleksić, Andreja Stojčevski, Davor Popović, Denis Ramić, Jovan Lazarević, Miloš Simić, Miloš Stojković, Lazar Milosavljević. Head Coach: Goran Ivančić