“I can only say positive things, Edin is a friend of mine. We met in Manchester when I was playing for Bolton and he was playing for City. Edin has scored a lot of goals and played a lot of good games in his career.”
“The young players look up to him immensely. I recently read an interview with Ermedin Demirovic in which he said that Dzeko has always been his idol. When someone says something like that, it shows that he has to lead by example.”
“Whether he plays 90 minutes in every game from the start is, of course, for Sergej Barbarez to decide. But overall, he will play a huge role.”
Despite his age, Dzeko is still clinical
“Today he’s a true penalty-box striker. Of course, before he was a player who also made runs in behind, who was fast. He’s had a very, very great career. He’s 40 now and he helped Schalke get into the Bundesliga. I do think he’ll play another year to help Schalke play in the top flight again.”
“He is extremely strong in the air, a playmaking striker and absolutely clinical.”
Sergej Barbarez deserves a statue
“First of all, he has the advantage of having brought Bosnia to the World Cup in the first place, and I think that’s already a huge success for this country.”
“Sergej is a Hamburg lad; I played against him often. I think Sergej has finally shown what he’s capable of and what he can do with this Bosnian national team.”
“The performance of the Bosnian national team simply has to be acknowledged, what they’ve achieved, and Sergej is a big part of that. Bosnia has only been to a World Cup once, and that was a long time ago. At the end of the day, he really deserves a statue.”
Bosnia can advance to the next round
“To be honest, football is sometimes like that. I think Bosnia deserves it and they’re already expecting quite a bit from the group stage. We’ll see what they can achieve.”
“That was very convincing in the penalty shootout against Italy. The Italians also played very poorly.”
The first game is the most important. Regardless of the opponent, I think they can advance to the next round with this team.”, WettBasis writes.
