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Osim

Gacina Bozidar

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Osim passed away
a year ago
When I was a boy
Osim faced
Bobby Robson’s England team
Within 20 minutes
England were 4-0 up
in that game in 1987
Beardo Beardsley scored
the first
But his Yugoslavia team in 1990 reached
the World Cup Quarter finals in
Italy 1990
Penalty shoot out with
Argentina
Mr Osim found himself
the coach of Partizan Belgrade in 1992
He resigned because
of what was going on in
Sarajevo
Osim Osim Osim
The dribbling genius
from Sarajevo
Ivica Osim nicknamed
‘The Strauss’
lived in Austria
Gained the honours in the
town of Gratz
Faced Bobby Robson in 1987
with his Yugoslavia
Led Zeljeznicar to the
Uefa Cup Semi Finals
Left Partizan Belgrade
because of Sarajevo being under siege
Led Sturm Gratz to Austrian Glory
After the Videoton tragic match I crossed his path at Grbavica stadium
Someone asked him how he was doing
He responded with deep sadness
and very thoughtfully
‘A evo Jovo nanovo’
which is a popular expression
that would mean in that particular moment
We restart from the beginning
Zeljeznicar had been only three
minutes away from the Uefa Cup Final in 1985
We all remember the Osim era
Anyone who grew up in Sarajevo
in the 60’s 70’s or 80’s
RIP IVICA OSIM

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/osim/