Kosovo coach unhappy with Euro playoffs format

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NEUCHATEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Kosovo coach Bernard Challandes is unhappy with the format of next month's Euro 2020 playoff ties, saying it creates complex logistical problems for his team and makes it almost impossible for their fanatical fans to attend the decisive match.

Less than four years after they began playing international football, Kosovo have a chance to qualify for their first major tournament but will have to win two away matches, against North Macedonia and either Georgia or Belarus, to do so.

Kosovo lost out on both counts and must visit neighbours North Macedonia in the semis on March 26 and Georgia or Belarus three days later. Challandes said it would have been fairer to have played the matches in a single country, as happened with the Nations League"final four" staged in Portugal last year.

UEFA told Reuters that it chose the format through"sporting, organisational and financial considerations" and had consulted national associations.

 

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