US journalist calls Bosnia and Herzegovina two countries on air

A US journalist covering the World Cup made an embarrassing slip on air, telling viewers that the American team had faced "two small countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina" (1). Bosnia is, of course, one nation, two regions sharing a single flag and one national team, the one your side put on the pitch in their first-ever knockout-stage appearance. The gaffe has drawn ridicule online and adds a clumsy footnote to a tournament where Bosnia-Herzegovina already found themselves at the centre of outsized attention, from the Balogun red-card political storm to being underestimated at every turn.