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Spanish daily newspaper “AS” has called on Spain's national team to defeat Kosovo at any cost, in a B qualifying Group match for the 2022 World Cup on Wednesday. The AS daily, which is one of the largest Spanish newspapers, has used an expression by the former Atletico trainer [...]
The AS daily, which is one of the largest Spanish newspapers, has used an expression by former Atletico Madrid and the National of Spain, Louis Aragones, to inspire the red fury before the meeting the next day with the villagers in Seville.
“Kosovo must be beat civilly or criminally”, written in the “news title AS”

The Spanish daily wrote further: “Kosovo must be defeated at any cost. Kosovo must be defeated in a civil or criminal manner, as Luis Aragones said once.
The tournament for qualifications for the Qatar 2022 World threw Kosovo into a group with Spain, one of its country's biggest opponents of independence, and that sparked much controversy before the long-awaited meeting.
Spain's Football Federation had referred to Kosovo as territory initially and the media there tended not to treat Kosovo as a state, after exactly “AS” had refused to write the name of the newest European state in Group B's table on its website.
Spain recognises Kosovo mainly because of Catalonia, its northeastern region, which had unanimously voted in a referendum in 2017 to be independent of Spain.
However, Spain withdrew to its stance and will offer Kosovo receptions like any other national in Seville on Wednesday.
Summer arrived in Seville on Monday afternoon, and a training session will be held today at stadium “La Cartuja”
The B Group leads Sweden by six points, followed by Spain by four after two matches. Greece is third with one point after a match.
Kosovo is at odds after losing in the opening match against Sweden, while Georgia is the last indisposed after two losses in the first two matches.












