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this is a bosnia appreciation post 😭

ly guys 🇧🇦🫶

From what I am hearing trump has over turned the red card against the USA regarding the Bosnia game. If’s this is what’s going on it is sad for the World Cup a thing that is supposed to unite people is now getting political.

Not trying to start a debate or anything. But I noticed there are lot of atheists in this sub, so I was wondering if this was common in bosnia, or is it just like a small minority.

Leaving the city in a few days, would love to get some local sweets/baklava etc as gifts for family at home but have an issue with luggage space!

Is the stuff for sale at Sarajevo airport only poorer quality version as you often find with these things, or can I get some decent stuff there?

Thanks very much

Help me with ur great tips and recommandations for a holiday in Bosnia for my family - we have 4 kids with us. We have booked in Mostar and Sarajevo.

Thanks alot!

As the saying goes, “We may have lost the battle, but not the war.”
The match against the USA was really hard to watch, from the unfairness to the defeat. But our Dragons went out there and gave their hearts on that field.

Every player carried our love for this nation and the weight of the losses we suffered just to be here, to be visible, and to be recognized.
They tried to erase us, but they couldn’t.

It was heartwarming to see the lights on in living rooms at 3 in the morning, and to witness the celebrations from Zenica, Sarajevo, Travnik, and Tuzla, as well as from Germany, the Netherlands, and the USA. Even after the loss, we still cheered.

Because no matter the result, we still made history. We got out of the group stage, and that’s what matters. We’ll be even better next time,I know it in my heart.

I don’t know about you guys, but this World Cup has brightened the past few months for me. Even when we lost to Switzerland or drew with Canada, there were gatherings everywhere, songs being sung, and Bosnian flags proudly flying. The atmosphere was unforgettable, and we owe a huge thank you to our Dragons for giving us those moments.
It’s an emotional day, but it’s not the end of the battle.

I am so proud of our nation, and I know we can achieve even more. ❤️🐉🇧🇦

I really love and respect the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I especially loved your solidarity with Palestine. Thank you for being a good opponent.

Much love,

From an American.

the whole time passing the ball back to the goalie. meanwhile USA is pressuring us hard the whole time. No urgency in the second half. even the Arabic commentator said ”what are you waiting for Bosnia? are you waiting to concede a second goal to start attacking?”

we have great players but play poorly as a team. draw against canada and barely won Qatar? even Turkey won America 3-2. We looked like amateurs

1 we looked like amateurs having 5 defenders and no other plan against America .

2 we played more in our side of the pitch than theirs. We even lost with an extra player.

3 even after conceding the second goal we didn’t play in an urgency, only until the last 10 mins of extra time (which is crazy) we started pressuring America.

4. What the hell does America and Canada know about football? As Bosnians football is all we have on a world stage and we still sucked.

5 knocked out Italy but lost against Switzerland, drew with Canada and barely won Qatar? This makes no

sense

6 70% of teams qualified to the Next stage. qualifying as “the best of the worst“ isn’t something to be proud of.

7 I’m not asking to win against France or Brazil, but to play with a strong smart strategy like the Americans did against us. Look at moroccco and how they’re playing. I can barely name 2 players, yet in 2022 they were third and this year they’re very strong again. why? bec theyre playing with tactics and strong strategies

edit: puno vas nepotrebno psujete u komentarima i veoma ste nepošteni i pičke, psujete a ja objektivno pričam o fudbalu

I’m (F29) in Sarajevo during the SFF week this August, I’ll be there by myself. Do any of you know where I could go out in the evenings? Any tips on making new friends too?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

My dear brothers, as a Moroccan brother i wanted to say that im very sad for the last match i wanted you guys to qualify and to go as far as possible...

But don't worry inshaAllah we moroccans will win the world cup for you guys and every muslim countries in the world

🇲🇦❤️🇧🇦 Volim te Bosno !

Sorry in advance for my fellow countrymen that will inevitably come here to rub salt in the wound. Your team chose my city as their base camp and I went to go see them practice, so it’s bittersweet to root against them and see them go. Hopefully you qualify for and have better luck in the Euros in a couple years 🙏.

Pozdrav dobri ljudi.

Gledam ovih dana Svetsko prvenstvo u fudbalu i posto moja reprezentacija ne ucestvuje navijao sam za BiH jer nekako smatram da su mi oni najblizi od svih ostalih.

Vidim da mnogo ljudi u Srbiji deli moje misljenje. Ali onda sam na drustvenim mrezama video da dobar deo Srba i Hrvata navija protiv BiH i to je vec sto puta pomenuta prica, rat je bio, oni su nama radili ovo, mi smo njima ono i tu nema kraja, svi misle da su u pravu i tu su stavovi cementirani. Ali ako izuzemo sve to, ono sto se meni cini da se najvise zamera su simboli koji prate reprezentaciju. Vecina navijaca koristi iskljucivo zastavu (bivse) Republike BiH. E sad, ako je to bila zastava cele BiH, sta je onda problem? Zasto bi bosanski ljiljani bili problem za bilo kog Srbina ili Hrvata u BiH?

E tu sad nastaje zaplet. Bosanski ljiljani su tokom rata od bosanskih, postali bosnjacki.

Dakle, Bosnjaci su simbol zajednicke drzave Bosne prisvojili kao svoj. Cak su i na bivsem grbu Federacije BiH, Bosnjaci predstavljeni ljiljanom (na zelenoj podlozi). Isto je i na bosnjackoj zastavi koja je u sluzbenoj upotrebi u SRB i CG kao nacionalna zastava bosnjackog naroda.

Prvi grb Federacije BiH

Ljiljani na bosnjackoj zastavi

I tako su ljiljani od simbola zajednicke Bosne, postali "neprijateljski" simbol za dobar deo gradjana BiH. Hrvati ce reci da su ljiljani katolicki tj. hrvatski simbol, Srbi ce reci da su srpski, a bosnjaci da je bosanski. I tu mozda lezi sva problematika. Bosnjaci stavljaju znak jednakosti izmedju BOSANSKO i BOSNJACKO. Jer po njima tu nema razlike. Bosnjacka nacija, ali bosanski jezik, bosanski identitet, sto znaci - Bosna pripada nama. A to nije bas tako. Bosna pripada i ostalima koji u njoj zive, a nisu Bosnjaci i ne zele bosnjacku drzavu zamotanu u bosansku foliju.

Bez namere da bilo koga uvredim po bilo kom osnovu zeleo sam samo da analiziram to neko postojece stanje u BiH onako neostarceno, sa strane jer mi se cini da se taj bosanski lonac nekako zakuvao odavno, ko zna kad i da nikako da se to nekako normalizuje i da se napravi drzava po meri svih njenih gradjana. A ima materijala da se napravi fino mesto za zivot.

Velika je nepravda ucinjena BiH krajem proslog veka i ne bih sada da ulazim u to ko je kriv, ali valjda je jasno svima u BiH da niti ce Republika Srpska postati drzava (ali nece ni nestati kao entitet), niti ce Bosnjaci moci da naprave od BiH neku svoju bosnjacku drzavu. Tu mislim i na simbole. Prosto, rat i sve sto ide uz to, napravio je od ljiljana "neprijateljski" simbol. (iako smatram da Srbi i Hrvati u BiH nikako ne bi trebalo da se odricu Bosne, bosanskog identiteta, bosanskog nasledja, tradicije). Jesu ljiljani simbol Svetog Trojstva i uz krst simbol hriscanstva, ali Bosnajcima koji su vecinski muslimanska zajednica to ne smeta da ga smatraju svojim.

Ali... ukoliko jedna strana, forsira te simbole, pozivajuci se na to da je to bila zastava Republike BiH (koja vise ne postoji), a ostali je smatraju "neprijateljskom" to forsiranje moze da se protumaci iz ugla ostala dva naroda kao provokacija i namera / teznja da se fakticki simbol jednog naroda i njihov narativ, nametnu svima ostalima.

Po meni tu Bosnjaci prave veliku gresku (kao Srbi u Jugoslaviji) jer sve bosansko prisvajaju kao bosnjacko i posto su vecina, zeleli bi da se stvori jedinstvena unitarna drzava u kojoj vecina (to jest Bosnjaci) odlucuju o svemu.

Sve u svemu, po meni, moguci lek za Bosnu je neko novo "bosanstvo". Nesto poput jugoslovenskog integralizma koji je pokusao Kralj Aleksadar pre nego sto je ubijen. Da je uspeo u tom svom naumu da stvori jugoslovensku naciju, svima nama bi danas bilo sigurno mnogo bolje.

I da zakljucim, bosanski ljiljani jesu bosanski, ali Bosna nije bosanska vec bosnjacka, srpska i hrvatska.

Svako dobro. Nadam se da admini / moderatori nece ukloniti ovaj tekst, jer apsolutno nema bilo kakve druge namere sem da se razvije kvalitetna argumentovana diskusija, a ne nacionalno ili bilo kakvo drugo prepucavanje, vredjanje ili bilo sta slicno.

i wanted to say that even though we didn't play our best and there are things we definitely need to work on, i just can't be mad at the guys, nor at barbarez. i'm so, so proud of them, so grateful to have them as our representatives.
at the end of the day, they brought us to the knockout stage. they gave us that incredible feeling of humbling wales and italy, especially after all the disrespect and racism we've been facing. i know the internet is going to be toxic now, and we'll probably get a lot of hate from rivals, but at least our guys left their hearts on the field. and that's what hurts the most right now, i'm just going to miss seeing them play so much. i'll miss seeing our people going viral for all the best things they could've possibly done.
i'm genuinely looking forward to the next games. i'm glad barbarez has been a good coach for us, despite some questionable choices and frustrating moments, but it’s okay. it's part of the journey (even though i wished to see mahmić and tabaković play a bit more, but well...)
what matters most is that bosnia got the recognition we deserve. our history is finally getting attention, tourism is growing, and foreigners are actually praising our people and the bh fanaticos. seeing the world respect our culture and our passion is worth so much more than a single match. so proud of our country and our boys, no matter what.

ps: can we please ban the team from going to the barber before a match? each time they get a haircut they lose 😭😭😭😭 i swear i'm gonna sue him 😭😭😭😭 (jk, but... hahah)

Was a great match.

I think we controlled the midfield, but your team played patiently in the box. Bosnia definitely out muscled us in the box.

I think the Bosnian team has a bright future.

Also, shout out to Bajraktarević.

Come on Bosnia!!! ❤️

Hi,

I’m planning to travel to Bosnia during my annual leave, just to relax, as a solo female traveller. I’m going for 5 full days.

I’m wondering if I should get my hotel in Mostar or Sarajevo. I’m not really interested in doing 2 days in a hotel in Mostar and then 2 days in Sarajevo. I just recently got back from a vacation where we changed hotels 5 times because we went to 5 different cities, and it was so exhausting. I want to stay in one hotel for all of my stay.

I mostly want to relax in a quiet, beautiful, scenic area (so I assume Mostar?). But at the same time, I am interested in going out to explore and do intend to eat outside for all of my meals. I also don’t want to feel too isolated, as this is my first solo trip and I’m a little scared.