| | Bosnian game suffers amid ethnic divisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | A banner held up during last week's Euro 2008 qualifier asked Bosnia's best-loved player Sergej Barbarez to apportion the blame for the poor state of soccer in the country. |
 | | Barbarez was the last of a talented generation which had given fans hope that the national team could serve as a catalyst for change at home where corrupt and ugly soccer is the norm. |
 | | In a country where half the population supports the national teams of either Serbia or Croatia, the team led by Barbarez, son of a Serb father and a Muslim mother, came to symbolise the ideal future of Bosnian soccer. |
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