🔥 Out for nearly five years! Axed star shocks World Cup hosts

Stories that only football can write. Or rather: that only the 2026 World Cup can write. In Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina have just taken the lead thanks to a striker who had long seemed to be out of the picture. After making his international debut in December 2021, Jovo Lukic did not play another match for his country until the end of May 2026. But coach Sergej Barbarez clearly saw something in the striker, who currently earns his living in Romania’s top division. The national team coach took Lukic to the World Cup, started him today in place of Edin Džeko, and was able to celebrate his very first goal for Bosnia after less than 30 minutes. Lukic headed home from a corner to make it 1-0 (21′) for the visitors. Well, that is how quickly someone written off can suddenly become a World Cup goalscorer. Near the end of the match, however, Canada recovered from the shock. Cyle Larin equalised in the 79th minute. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.