Everything is ‘in vain’ for the Italians in Zenica: Here’s how they will be welcomed in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A tourist tour of Zenica will also be organized in Bosnian and Italian (from 5 to 6 p.m.), a Fan-Zone will be created near the city’s Arena, and Vispak’s statue, the largest statue in the world, which is also listed in the Guinness Book of Records, will be placed there. The hosts will also provide sandwiches in the famous women’s restaurant, and the Italians will be able to drink coffee and refresh themselves with early drinks – for free. As they say from Zenica: “Everything will be free because some things cannot be bought with money”. Parking for guests will be free throughout the city.

The occasion for such a reception is, as it is known, a memory of the first mutual meeting between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy. That friendly match was played on November 6, 1996 at the Koševo stadium in Sarajevo, and the home team defeated Italy, which was the world runner-up at the time, 2-1 in front of 40,000 fans. At that time, the Italian football association paid all the costs of organizing the match, and after the terrible war events, football brought joy to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, writes radiosarajevo.ba.

The stadium will be full, the positive is more. springs from the walls of Zenica, and both national teams are hoping for a visa to America. The Italians are the favorites, but they are under a lot of pressure, and Sergej Barbarez’s team can very well “take off the scalp” of powerful Italy and throw the nation into delirium.