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Bosnia-Herzegovina football coach orders players to kiss each other on the lips

The coach of the Bosnia-Herzegovina national football team has ordered players to kiss each other on the lips in order to create a special bond between team mates.

Bosnia's head coach Miroslav Blazevic: Bosnia-Herzegovina football coach orders players to kiss each other on the lips
Bosnia's head coach Miroslav Blazevic Credit: Photo: REUTERS

Miroslav Ciro Blazevic - who has Portsmouth star Asmir Begovic in his squad - said: "I take two of my players and tell them, 'Love him! Kiss him!' and he kisses him."

He claimed the unorthodox morale-boosting exercise has already proven successful: Mr Blazevic has taken the squad further than ever before in the World Cup.

"They I tell them they have to kiss each other straight to the lips," the coach wrote in his column in Croatian news website net.hr.

"The secret of my success is in a unity of a squad. You can't do anything without an atmosphere in a team," he explained.

His revelation came after Vincenzo Santoruvo, the Italian striker, amazed fans by planting a kiss on a team mate's lips after scoring for Serie B club Frosinone.