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“We want to stay in League C”

How important is it to win the play-off tie?

Of course, it is an important game. It’s the consequence from 2020 that we didn’t win any of our Nations League games and so we maybe don’t deserve to be in League C. We have to find our value, how strong we are, and these two games should show that. I think that over the last year we’ve shown good improvement, but we will see. But, of course, we want to stay in League C.

Do you feel that it will be a major drop in the competitive standard if you do go down and have to play in the same group as Malta

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