Hello Mum and Dad!: U21 stars celebrate their first win with their loved ones

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To breathe! Despite a weak start, the U21 national team wins their opening game against Norway. Three extremely important points in the battle for progress. Since France defeated Italy in the other game, one point from the two games against the group favorites could be enough for the Swiss.

“We know we didn’t show a brilliant performance. But we showed that we can work as a team and turn a game around,” Leonidas Stergiou told Blick. The captain and the defense commander appear in good spirits in the interview zone Not only because of the result: after the match, the son of a Serbian mother and a Greek father was finally able to hug his parents again.

Including the training camp in Zillerat, Austria, the U21 youngsters have been away from home for almost two weeks. Stergiou: “It is great that my parents traveled to Romania. I saw that they are not the only ones. Relatives of other players are also here.”

Big U21 family reunion at the stadium

There is even a large family reunion at the stadium. Just like Stergiou, Ardon Jashari is delighted with the visit of Mama Rejhan and Papa Armend. Zeki Amdouni’s parents have traveled more than 19 hours by car because the father is no longer allowed to fly after heart surgery. Meanwhile, Dan Ndoye (scored to make it 1-1) and prankster Darian Males chat with their dads Saliou and Biljan after the match against Norway. Striker Filip Stojilkovic gets a hug from girlfriend Cheyenne.

After the game against Norway, the St. Gallen professional did not know whether St. Gallen and Co. could meet their loved ones in the city on a day off: “We still have to discuss that with the coach. But I think that won’t be a problem.”

One thing is clear: Stergious parents follow all EM matches in the stadium. Even if it would go to Georgia in the knockout phase. «You have already booked a return flight to Switzerland. But the stay will certainly be extended if we survive the group”, Stergiou grins.

Source : Blick