Amdouni renounces Ramadan

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His national selection for the start of the European Championship qualification comes as no surprise. The 22-year-old Zeki Amdouni has started at FC Basel in recent weeks. His playing style? Fast, tricky, unpredictable, brutal and also a target threat. This year there are ten goals and two assists so far. “He is creative, plays instinctively, is strong in the penalty area, can be used everywhere and is a threat. He hits with the right, with the left, with his head. In addition, he has a great character: Zeki is willing to learn and has the necessary humility He is really a complete attacking player,” said Mauro Lusrinelli, who coached Amdouni in the U21 national team.

But you shouldn’t expect miracles from him if he comes in against Belarus or Israel, says Lustrinell. “Zeki proved with his moves from Ouchy to Lausanne and Basel that he can adapt to any higher rhythm, but he needed time everywhere. I begrudge him that he is now in the national team. I’m really a fan of his. As a man and because of the way he plays. I begrudge him that he is in the national team.”

Amdouni: «I want to show my qualities»

But the mega talent didn’t just come to get a taste of the national team. “I want to show my qualities here and make minutes. Why not right from the start?”, says Amdouni. He feels comfortable in the Nati circle. “The mood is very good. I have a little trouble with the language. But I have Denis Zakaria, Edimilson and Jérémy Frick who speak French. It’s all right.”

Andi Zeqiri would have been a French-speaking Swiss in the selection, but Amdouni’s attacker had to sit out injured. So nothing comes of the first joint Nati merger of the FCB storm. “Of course his injury also makes me sad, I hope he returns soon.”

“In the national team, Ramadan would be too complicated”

Amdouni has already made a brief cameo appearance under Murat Yakin. At that time, however, it was also about stopping the advance of other nations. Because both Tunisia – his mother’s country – and Turkey, his father’s country, have constantly courted him. With the eleven minutes in the Nations League against the Czech Republic last September, the matter was off the table. “As a young boy in the Servette descendants, I dreamed of the Swiss national team,” says Amdouni.

Now his dream is a reality. In order to present themselves in the best possible way, the Muslim even refrains from fasting during Ramadan, which starts on Wednesday. “I have done Ramadan in recent years. But now in the national team it would be too complicated. When I come back, I will fast.” During the month of fasting, Muslims abstain from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.

Source : Blick