Victory. Three points. These words did not stop from the players of Kosovo on the eve of the important match with Montenegro. But these are words that selector Bernard Challandes did not mention at the press conference on Thursday.
Challandes, as always until now, has talked about difficult matches, commitment, the level of the opponent and other things, Koha Ditore writes today.
This is not some "new formula". Since coming to the head of Kosovo, Challandes has rarely predicted victory. The players were the ones who talked about such things and thus a kind of balance was maintained. A balance that has brought success so far.
So the fans of Kosovo hope to be on Friday night (tonight) at the city stadium in Podgorica, where from 20:45 the match of Group A of the qualifications for "Euro 2020" between Montenegro and Kosovo will be played. The match is played without spectators and a calm atmosphere is expected.
Kosovo players have a lot of confidence that the series of 12 matches without defeat of the representative team, which started in the fall of 2017, will continue. Although cautious in his predictions, Challandes does not know about losing with Kosovo.
With the experienced Swiss at the helm, Kosovo have performed strongly in friendlies, the UEFA Nations League campaign and in the opening of the current qualifiers, when they drew 1-1 with Bulgaria on March 25 in a completely dominated match.
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"In the FIFA ranking, we are in 127th place, while Montenegro is in 51st place. A difficult and interesting match awaits us", said Challandes at the beginning of his statement at the press conference of held on Thursday afternoon, before Kosovo's only training session at the stadium in Podgorica.
The Swiss said that the development of the match without spectators is not good for football, but the same neither for Kosovo nor Montenegro. UEFA has condemned Montenegro for holding a match without spectators due to the racism of the Montenegrin fans in the match with England....(Read more in Koha Ditore)
