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Jelčić: The European Championship in B&H is a big step forward for women’s football

 

The talented 17-year-old Maja Jelčić does not have the right to perform at the upcoming European Championships, where girls born in 2005 and younger will have the opportunity. However, this SFK 2000 Sarajevo football player, who was included by UEFA among the ten most talented players in Europe, is looking forward to the start of the upcoming European Championship in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Although she will not play in this competition, Maja is in a way the “protective face” of this championship, because she is the main actor in the promotional video of the championship.

We talked to Maja and asked her what her expectations were before the start of the championship?

“The impatience is high. I’m looking forward to the matches. Although I will not play, I will follow every match as if I were on the pitch. I am glad that Bosnia and Herzegovina will host the European Championship. Every football player dreams of playing at the end of a big competition in a jersey with the national emblem.”

What is a range of our team?

“We have a very talented team, with an excellent technical staff. I believe we can make a good result in extremely high-quality competition. We want to show football in the best light, and I believe that we will justify the epithet of great hosts.”

You are included in the list of the most talented players in Europe, how important is that for you, as well as for the popularization of women’s football?

“I decided that football should be what I want to do in life. It is a phenomenal feeling to receive this kind of recognition, as a reward for my work. I am grateful to my clubs HNK Čapljina and SFK 2000 Sarajevo. Especially coach Samira Hurem. She is one of the best coaches for me in Europe. She has done amazing things for women’s football in our country that anyone else probably couldn’t do. We are creating great results together and I believe that women’s football in Bosnia and Herzegovina is developing in the right way.”

What will be the contribution of the UEFA European Championship to this development?

“Huge! The football holiday awaits us, the days when we will only talk about women’s football and it is something that encourages and motivates all of us, players, coaches, clubs. I hope that we will use the EURO in the right way and take big steps forward.”

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