NHK's documentary program "Another Stories: Turning Points of Destiny" (NHK BS) will air "Osim's Tears: The Untold Struggle of the Soccer World Cup" on June 10th at 9:15 PM. The program will focus on Ivica Osim, who once led the Yugoslavian and Japanese national soccer teams, and explore his struggle for ethnic coexistence through soccer, as well as the two times he shed tears in public.
Sixteen years before Ivica Osim became the manager of the Japanese national football team, he led Yugoslavia to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup.
However, ethnic conflict escalated in his homeland, and he resigned as coach in a tearful press conference. The team was disbanded. His hometown became Bosnia and Herzegovina, but ethnic tensions made the national team's participation in the World Cup seem hopeless. Osim united Bosnia amidst the adversity and paved the way for the 2014 World Cup finals. At that time, tears welled up in Osim's eyes once again. What is the truth of the struggle hidden behind the two tears of this legendary coach...?
