Luxembourg aren’t football minnows anymore. In the past, as they admit, they went into some games hoping not to lose too badly, or dreaming of scoring a goal. Now, however, things are changing. The team, which has participated in every single World Cup qualifying campaign since 1934 and taken part in the the European Championship qualifiers since 1964, is starting to think about reaching a major tournament.
“Maybe,” says Manuel Cardoni to World Soccer with a smile. “We can dream.”
Between 1993 and 2004, he won 69 caps for Luxembourg, and confirms that football in the country is on the rise. Now, as the country’s technical director and manager of the youth teams, he is overseeing an improvement in Luxembourg’s fortunes thanks to a combination of
