Challandes: “It's a pleasure to play against one of the best teams in the world”

The selector of Kosovo, the swiss Bernard Challandes, stated that, “after the loss to Sweden“on Saturday (0-3) in qualifying for the world from Taste, it will be “a pleasure to play against one of the best teams in the world”, Spain, his rival this Wednesday.

Before directing the official training prior to this meeting at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, Challandes He warned that he leads “a great team” made up of “highly motivated players” and that, in duels against rivals such as Spain, they see “an opportunity to work and go a team thinking about the future.”

The Swiss coach said that he still has doubts, due to physical problems, whether he will be able to count on the midfielder Valon Berisha, the star of the Kosovar team and who plays in the Stade de Reims French, and specified that “it will be tested” in the last test in La Cartuja and then they will see “if it is to play tomorrow or not.”

For Challandes, Spain he has “a great coach, very famous”, Luis Enrique Martinez, which so far “has not achieved good results or (his team) has scored many goals” in this World Cup qualifier, but “has many options” because it has “very good players.”

The selector of Kosovo defined himself as a coach who “likes to play on the attack, have the ball”, but knows that “against Spain it will not be easy and solutions will have to be sought”, as it is a team that will force his men to “defend a lot and perhaps there is any option to score a goal. “

Midfielder Hekuran Kryeziu, a Swiss Zurich player, hopes that his team is “focused on Spain after what happened against Sweden” and indicated that for the Kosovar internationals it is “a joy to be able to participate in this match.”