DOHA, Qatar — On the sideline of a grass soccer field a few hundred yards from the recently renovated Khalifa International Stadium, Bora Milutinovic is receiving a stream of well-wishers in four languages. Milutinovic, who has taken the national teams of five countries to the World Cup, shakes hands with dozens of people, seamlessly switching among Serbian, Spanish, German and English, as a match begins in front of him.
At 73, Milutinovic is unlikely to be tasked with guiding a sixth country in a World Cup, but he may have a bigger and more difficult job than that these days.