Euro 2024/ Romania will play against Kosovo, the former foreign minister: A country we don't know, we'd rather lose 3-0 in the table...

2022-10-11 09:27:42Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Euro 2024/ Romania will play against Kosovo, the former foreign minister: A

The Romanian national football team will play in the qualifiers for the 2024 European Championship against Kosovo, but there is a big problem. The Romanian state does not recognize the existence of the state of Kosovo.

Teodor Meleșcanu, former Foreign Minister of Romania, believes that the solution would be for the tricolors not to appear in these matches and lose both encounters with the score 3-0 on the table.

But that would mean jeopardizing their chances of qualification. "Kosovo is not recognized by a number of countries, including Romania. We have never recognized the independence of Kosovo.

Normally, what can be done at this moment is for our football federation, through Răzvan Burleanu, to discuss with other countries that have the same position as Romania, and together they will have to reach a path that does not even destroy the whole system, don't even ignore things that are very clear from Romania's point of view.

So I would say that the FRF will have to find a solution. If not, what can be done is to lose 3-0 with Kosovo, without appearing in the match", said former Romanian foreign minister Teodor Meleșcanu in "Antena 3".

The Kosovo national team, led by the Frenchman Alain Giresse, has not played any match against Romania so far, friendly or official. A national team built on footballers who are active abroad, in France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Spain or the Netherlands, with "Euro 2020", the first tournament for which they competed in the qualifiers, after the declaration of independence of the state of Kosovo .

The Dardanians finished 2nd in this year's Nations League group, below Greece but above Northern Ireland and Cyprus.


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