Unpopular opinion: Lately, I like the women’s soccer team more than the men’s soccer team (and the women’s team plays better)

I’m a man, I’ve been following both men’s and women’s football for years, but I have to admit that lately (maybe from 2019 onwards) the women’s football team of BIH has become much dearer to me than the men’s, both because of the results they achieve and because of their approach. I also think they play better in general than their male counterparts. Last year and at the beginning of this year, I was on a total of three visits to the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Sweden. In the Czech Republic, I was the only BIH fan and there were about 7,000 Czechs, in Slovenia, miraculously, BHFanaticos came, so there were 50-100 of us BIH fans, and in Sweden there were also our fans, although the BHFanaticos did not come.

The girls played all those matches quite correctly, especially in the Czech Republic where they fought for every ball for 90 minutes and gave not 100% but 10000% of themselves, were better and got a point against a team that is in the top 15 in Europe. Before that, they beat the Czech Republic 1-0 in Zenica, and before that they played 1-1 against Slovenia at home, even though they played the entire second half with 10 players. Honestly, I don’t remember the last time when the men’s national team drew 4 points against a team that is in the top 15 in Europe, let alone played a draw with 10 players on the field. Last week they played 0-0 against Portugal in Zenica, that same Portugal was at the last Euro and the World Championship. In the meantime, although it cannot be compared fairly, our men’s national team lost 5-0 to Portugal at home and 3-0 in Portugal, lost twice to Luxembourg and Slovakia and once to Iceland.

We have Emina Ekic who has "only" 25 years old and she showed more in one year than one Miralem Pjanic in 15 years in the national team jersey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7OU1hjLY1c If you don’t believe me, feel free to watch this assist at 1:04). We have three players in Serie A Femminile who moved there directly from SFK2000 Sarajevo. I don’t remember the last time a player from the Premier League of BIH moved directly to clubs like Juventus or Inter.

In the fall, they will play the first round of the Baraz against Serbia, the first game is in Zenica. If they pass Serbia, unfortunately after that Sweden comes where they are 100% eliminated, in fact whoever passes is 100% against Sweden. In any case, these girls deserve much more support. Against Portugal last week, there were not even 300 people at Bilina Polje and the game was played on Friday night, a real shame.