{"id":77776,"date":"2025-11-05T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=77776"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:46:42","slug":"bajrami-ahead-of-the-match-against-kosovo-its-a-special-game-that-brings-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/bajrami-ahead-of-the-match-against-kosovo-its-a-special-game-that-brings-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bajrami ahead of the match against Kosovo: It\u2019s a special game that brings joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FC Luzern and Switzerland national team defender Adrian Bajrami has described the upcoming match against Kosovo in the World Cup qualifiers as a special one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf course, there\u2019s a connection. It\u2019s a special match that\u2019s simply fun,\u201d Bajrami said in an interview with&nbsp;20 Minuten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although originally from Struga, North Macedonia, and a former member of the Albanian national team, the 22-year-old defender feels strong ties to both of his roots. \u201cI feel both Swiss and Albanian. I\u2019m proud of my heritage and of representing Switzerland,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bajrami made his debut for the Swiss national team in October against Slovenia and has since been regarded as one of the most promising talents by coach Murat Yakin and captain Granit Xhaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the sporting aspect, the 22-year-old also emphasized his strong family bond. \u201cI\u2019m prouder of my parents than of myself. They built everything from scratch,\u201d Bajrami said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Luzern and Switzerland national team defender Adrian Bajrami has described the upcoming match against Kosovo in the World Cup qualifiers as a special one. \u201cOf course, there\u2019s a connection. It\u2019s a special match that\u2019s simply fun,\u201d Bajrami said in an interview with&nbsp;20 Minuten. Although originally from Struga, North Macedonia, and a former member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":77779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[302,296,299],"tags":[6900,6901,788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77776"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77780,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77776\/revisions\/77780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}