Soccer coach orders players to lock lips

Published: Oct. 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The head coach of Bosnia-Herzegovina's national soccer team said he is boosting team unity by having players kiss one another on the lips.

Miroslav Ciro Blazevic wrote in a column on a Croatian news Web site that team bonding is an important part of his World Cup victory strategy, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

"I take two of my players and tell them, 'Love him! Kiss him!' and he kisses him," Blazevic wrote. "I tell them they have to kiss each other straight to the lips."

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

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