Swedish coach explains why he chose a team of strangers for Kosovo match

Kosovo and Sweden will face a friendly match in Qatar on January 12th, under a winter tour during which Sweden will also face Moldova, the Express newspaper broadcast.

It's common, I don't mean the big mix of players, but after we got players from Sweden, Nordic countries and Russian leagues, we can say we have a nice mix of”, Andersson said.

There are some younger players, who are at the beginning of their career, and some older ones, who have been very close to the list of players invited for this year's matches, including Marcus Danielson. So I find it a good mix of players”.

The reason I'm doing this is because we want to see the players racing to join the A National in the future and now they'll have the opportunity to prove themselves”

We also have players we've been trying to work with, like Robin Soder, but we haven't had a chance, so now it'll be fun. The mix of players seems fun and interesting”

“Can't say how likely they will win a team seat, as we will have six months until the European Championship. But I hope they'll make it difficult for me to get them off the team for Euro-”.

Because this friendly match will take place outside the U calendar EFA for national matches, football players will be engaged with their clubs, and this has sparked reports that coach Bernard Challandes will also invite players from Ipko Superliga to the National of Kosovo.