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On Tuesday the motto of the national team: Win or fly! If Vladimir Petkovic’s team fails to get their first three against Ukraine in 2020, they will be eliminated from Nations League Group A and relegated.
In the last game to keep the league, Petkovic is forced to make changes from the 1-1 draw against Spain. Nico Elvedi and Remo Freuler, who stood out against Spain, are suspended. And with Silvan Widmer retiring shortly after moving in due to a positive corona test, Petkovic now has to update.
He nominated for the Ukrainian hit Michel Aebischer, Michael Lang and Pajtim Kasami. If Neo-Basler, 28, arrives in Lucerne on Tuesday, he will return after a 1664-day absence from the national teams. He played his last international match on March 29, 2016 against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Kasami has long been considered one of the greatest talents in Swiss football. After his debut on October 15, 2013 against Slovenia with Ottmar Hitzfeld, many experts were convinced that Kasami would play a key role in the national team for many, many years. To date, the dangerous midfielder has only played 12 international matches. When asked if more would be added, Kasami said two weeks ago on “Sonntags Blick”: “My job is to show performance with FCB, the rest will come by itself.”
Suddenly everything happened very fast
But you probably didn’t think it would happen so quickly: on the same day, he scored his first goal in the first game for FC Basel and led the team to a 3-1 win over St. Gallen. Now the national team.
Kasami, who once won the U17 world championship with Switzerland and has played in England, Italy and Greece, has undoubtedly always been one of the most talented Swiss footballers. Now he has become a leader in FC Sion in recent years.
BLICK recently posted the headline: “Kasami is more versatile than a Swiss Army knife!” Dangerous for goals, technically skilled, strong in fighting, experienced. Kasami is a lot. But it is certainly not a substitute or a “Nati-Kader filler.” Petkovic may well use his new weapon in the relegation battle against Ukraine as well.
