Kosovo emerge as unlikely obstacle in England's smooth path


FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group A - Kosovo v Czech Republic - Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo - September 7, 2019 Kosovo players celebrate at the end of the match REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - England are breezing through a Euro 2020 qualifying group featuring the fading soccer forces of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic but Kosovo, one of the newest members of the world soccer family, may be about to make their life tougher.

The small Balkan nation of 1.8 million inhabitants may be ranked 120th in the FIFA rankings but not even the powerhouses of world soccer can match their form over the past two years.

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