Overview
- Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Italy in a penalty shootout in Zenica to seal a first World Cup berth, with Gianluigi Donnarumma failing to stop any kick.
- Fourteen-year-old Avan (Afan) Cizmic, a local ball boy, says he took a paper by Donnarumma’s towel that listed Bosnia’s penalty habits.
- Cizmic told Bosnian TV he recognized the sheet as scouting notes and hid it, saying the loss forced Italy’s keeper to guess by instinct.
- Donnarumma angrily confronted Bosnia goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj during the shootout, and Vasilj later said the Italian tried to tear up his own prep notes.
- Cizmic has drawn wide praise at home and says he plans to auction the paper for charity, highlighting how keepers rely on such ‘cheat sheets’ in shootouts.