ISTANBUL, February 5 - Wednesday's international friendlies will likely give youngsters the chance to shine for their national teams ahead of Euro 2008.
Sweden coach Lars Lagerback has opted for youth over experience with his squad to face Turkey in Istanbul.
Despite losing 2-0 to the United States with an experimental side a fortnight ago, Lagerback has kept his faith in some of the country's youngsters and aims to give them a chance to work their way into his plans for Austria and Switzerland.
He said: "We'll take a look at these players and then after that we'll have to see what happens in the spring."
One player with a good chance of making the cut for the summer tournament is 21-year-old striker Marcus Berg.
The forward has impressed since joining Dutch side FC Groningen last summer and Lagerback is confident the player can perform on the international stage.
"He's a strong and quick goalscorer and he's got every chance of establishing himself in the national side in due time," the 59-year-old coach said.
Turkey coach Fatih Terim also plans to use the game to look at two young stars at his disposal, with uncapped pair Mehmet Topal, 21, and Giray Kacar, 22, named in an otherwise experienced squad.
Czech Republic assistant coach Petr Rada will not only be giving young players a run out in their game with Poland in Cyprus, but may also hand one of them the captain's armband.
With regular captain Tomas Rosicky sidelined with a thigh injury, Rada - standing in for flu-stricken coach Karel Bruckner - is expected to give the captaincy to 20-year-old Martin Fenin.
The Eintracht Frankfurt forward heads a list of young players graduating into the senior set-up from the Under-20 squad that reached the World Cup final in Canada last year.
Their opponents, Poland, are expected to be less adventurous after coach Leo Beenhakker named an experimental side for the 1-0 win over Finland last Saturday.
Only six players from the Polish Ekstraklasa league will remain, with many of his younger players expected to start from the bench.
Euro 2004 champions Greece, meanwhile, had hoped to hand a belated recall to 33-year-old Olympiacos midfielder Ieroklis Stoltidis for their game with Finland.
However, Stoltidis, who last represented his country in 2000, withdrew from coach Otto Rehhagel squad on Monday, claiming that he was "no longer at an age where I can perform on all those fronts [club and international] at the required level".
For Romania - the other Euro 2008 participants in action in midweek - only Cosmin Moti receives his first call up for the game against Israel in Tel Aviv, with coach Victor Piturca keeping faith with the squad that secured qualification.
In other matches, Wales manager John Toshack says he will not be relying on any of the players from the Under-21 team for the clash with Norway despite being without Craig Bellamy and Danny Gabbidon.
The West Ham duo have withdrawn from the game in Wrexham due to a lack of match fitness.
Elsewhere, Northern Ireland will hope to build on their impressive Euro 2008 qualifying campaign when they take on Bulgaria in Belfast, Cyprus meet Ukraine, Slovenia take on Denmark and Malta entertain Belarus.
Hungary face Slovakia, Georgia play Latvia, Iceland welcome Armenia, Macedonia play host to Serbia and Moldova take on Kazakhstan.
