For Italy to end their World Cup exile, they need to slay the ‘dragon’ in the ‘dragon’s nest’ and beat the ‘curse’. Dragon is the name Bosnia and Herzegovina football team goes by, a wink to the legendary 19th century general Husein Kapetan Gradascevic – called the ‘Dragon of Bosnia’ – and Dragon’s Nest is their terrifying home arena called Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica. The ‘curse’ was that foreign teams always lost here, though post 2015, it has ceased to be a fortress. Only 9,000 spectators would watch the play-off, a number that could squeeze into one stand of Milan’s San Siro stadium, which could hold close to 80,000 spectators. But the visitors would not be pleased to know the reason why the arena, which resembles a postcard from the 1980s, will be half-empty. The stadium is serving a sanction after local supporters assaulted Romania’s fans, hurled abuses and blew firecrackers. Romania’s players confided that they never played in a more hostile or noisy atmosphere. The stands almost hug the ground; the technical area …