New coach starts work, Kosovo basketball players start preparations for game against Lukemburg Iceland

As envisioned, preparations began Monday and will continue in the coming days, while Kosovo's first match against Iceland on February 20th in Pristina, while on February 23rd, “ardians” are Luxembourg guests.

Monday's exercise was the first for Kosovo's new selection, Christos Marmarinos.

And we're going to try to prepare the best, because we don't have much time. The goals are to win. The atmosphere on the team is very good. February 17th is an important day for Kosovo. It is important that the players carrying Kosovo's fanele represent the state as best in international contests”, Kosovo's selectively declared after the first exercise.

Optimist at the first training was Drilon Hayriz.

“Hyme in this exercise after commitments with teams during Final 8. I think we're going to be fully engaged. We have a good team to succeed. With the work we're going to do, I really hope we're going to show good game”, Hayriz said.

Basketball player Erjon Kastrati also spoke after the first exercise.

I mean, in effect, that I have the honour and satisfaction of being invited to the National of Kosovo. The first training was to get to know more about how we're going to play, and in future exercises, I believe the Intensist will grow. As the coach said, we should try to win every fight. We're going to give our best of ourselves in these” matches, Kastrati stressed.