On Tuesday, September 12, at 21:45 at the National Arena in Bucharest, the Group I match of the qualifying tournament for the European Championship in Germany Romania – Kosovo, live on Antena 1.

Romania are the bookies’ favorites against Kosovo and must win to stay in with a good chance of qualifying for Euro 2024.

At the moment, the leader in Group I is Switzerland with 11 points, followed by Romania with 9 points, Israel with 8 points, Belarus and Kosovo with 4 points, Andorra with 2 points (each played five points). each game).

Romania are still winless but missed out on a chance to match Switzerland on points and pull away from the other chasers after a 1-1 home draw with Israel, who trail the tricolors by just one point.

Thus, the match with Kosovo becomes a capital one for the “tricolors” in terms of the qualifying match, the victory of which is mandatory given that Israel plays at home with Belarus, and the return match with Romania will also be held on home soil.

It should be noted that Romania drew in this group for the third time in a row and suffered only one defeat in the last nine games (1-2, at home to Slovenia, in a friendly game on November 17, 2022), and the last official defeat is a home defeat against Montenegro, score 0-3 on June 14, 2022 in the League of Nations.

“Kosovo has players in important championships, Amir Rahmani, the champion of Italy, Vedat Muriki, who scored two goals for Switzerland, and others. I remain confident, we have players who can do good things. I am convinced that Romania will be at Euro 2024,” said the head coach of the Romanian national team, Edward Iordenescu.

Kosovo play their last chance to qualify in Bucharest, where they arrive with morale high after a 2-2 home draw with Switzerland (they are five points behind Romania and out of the reckoning entirely if they fail to win at the National Arena ).

It should be noted that in the match with Switzerland, Kosovo included two football players from the Super League – in the 54th minute, Ermal Krasnici from CFR Cluj and unused reserve Albion Rrahmani from Rapid came out.

Also starting with Switzerland, Kosovo is coached by Primoj Glig, the Slovenian who replaced France’s Alain Giress in June, and is still looking for a first win in Group I (they currently have four draws and one loss).

Romania and Kosovo have met each other just once so far, in a Euro 2024 qualifying group stage match when they played out a 0-0 draw in Pristina on June 16.

Probable teams

Romania: H. Moldovan – A. Raciu, Dragushyn, Burke, Banku – Olaru, R. Marin, Stanciu – Morutsan, Alibek, Fl. Koman.

Kosovo: Muric – Voivoda, A. Rrahmani, Aliti, Pakarada – Zhegrova, Loshai, Fazlidji, Berisha – Rasica, Muriki.

Superbet offers odds of 1.72 on the PsF1 prediction: the hosts lead at half-time or prevail at the end of the Romania vs Kosovo match.

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