The road to World Cup Qatar 2022

With memories of the golden years (80's) of the albanian football still fresh on her mind, Albania is now attempting to recreate its strong football legacy. As young players start making their names abroad, the future is looking bright for Albanian football!

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True probability of top 2 finish in qualifying group based on current Bet365 odds:

Poland
Yes -250 ~68.2%
No +200 ~31.8%

Hungary
Yes +250 ~27.1%
No -334 ~72.9%

Albania
Yes +600 ~13.6%
No -1000 ~86.4%
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I'm praying for a repeat of that Andorra 1-0 win over Hungary in the last WC qualifier.
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Interesting thing about Hungary is that they are only worth 17 million on transfermarkt but their results are very impressive.

and I bet they think they can beat England too. Albania could learn a lot from them.
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Dallku wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:57 pm Interesting thing about Hungary is that they are only worth 17 million on transfermarkt but their results are very impressive.

and I bet they think they can beat England too. Albania could learn a lot from them.
17 million without taking into account the absences of their best players.

Gulacsi €11mil
Orban €12mil
Szoboszlai €25mil
Sallai €5mil

Hungary has a more balanced spread of value in comparison with that of Albania, which is totally concentrated in the defense/GK.
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Dallku wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:57 pm Interesting thing about Hungary is that they are only worth 17 million on transfermarkt but their results are very impressive.

and I bet they think they can beat England too. Albania could learn a lot from them.
Because in their latest match all their top players were out. That stud from Salzburg is worth 25 million euros alone. Orban and their goalie are another 10 million each.

Talent wise on paper were probably just as good but they are a bit more cohesive as a unit. I actually think we'll do well against them because they're a defensive and organized team. It's us getting thrashed by England and handled by Poland. We're gonna have to get a win against Poland if we want a chance to qualify.

It also doesn't help that there will be two less playoff spots this time because of the UNL route.
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Princ wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:38 am
Dallku wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:57 pm Interesting thing about Hungary is that they are only worth 17 million on transfermarkt but their results are very impressive.

and I bet they think they can beat England too. Albania could learn a lot from them.
17 million without taking into account the absences of their best players.

Gulacsi €11mil
Orban €12mil
Szoboszlai €25mil
Sallai €5mil

Hungary has a more balanced spread of value in comparison with that of Albania, which is totally concentrated in the defense/GK.
Talent wise we're probably just as good. They just have a disciplined and defensive squad. That Salzburg kid is also the real deal and he has world class potential. I'm also sure they probably won't cater their squad to guys like Manaj and Cikaleshi.
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Yeah, you gotta be careful with those transfermarkt values, because it's only recent callups. Usually not full strength squad.

At full strength we're >100 million, but I'd rather have a 25 million striker right now than Strakosha lol. So how it's distributed, matters... A LOT.

Not to go too much into detail here, but after a certain point, the correlation between skill & market value is not linear anymore. Prices are very inflated at the higher end, which is not very indicative of overall team quality. A player can be worth 50 million more, just because he's 20% better than another player.
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Princ wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:38 am

17 million without taking into account the absences of their best players.

Gulacsi €11mil
Orban €12mil
Szoboszlai €25mil
Sallai €5mil

Hungary has a more balanced spread of value in comparison with that of Albania, which is totally concentrated in the defense/GK.

I mean besides those 3 relatively expensive players(one of them being a gk and another a CB btw) all of their players are valued at 1-2 million just like Albania. They definitely don't have an edge when it comes to squads on paper at least. If anything you could make a better case that Albania has an edge over them.

The main different is mentality and obviously coaching and organization. Hungary's coach would probably get sacked on the spot if he dared to say that they have no chance against England.
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Hungary’s coach is an Italian who used to coach Serie C and Hungarian teams. We’ll have two boring matches to watch . Both teams will play defensively with Hungary being more aggressive and confident based on their past result against us.
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Looking at the draw, it’s actually possible we may well get one of the playoff spots thru nations league.

The ranking order for a World Cup playoff, as required, for Nations League group winners is: France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, Armenia, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands

All league A teams have to finish in the first 2 spots. Wales and Czech Republic are in the same group with Belgium, so one of those two will get that first playoff spot. Austria should also finish second in their group, potentially even first as they have Denmark top seed. That leaves Hungary, Slovenia, and Montenegro ahead of us. If we don’t finish second, let’s hope Hungary does. Slovenia has been doing very well and I think they can finish second in their group ahead of Russia and Slovakia. That leaves just Montenegro, and while it’s a long shot they just might leapfrog Turkey and Norway to that second spot.

So there ya’ll go, we’re getting a playoff spot 😆
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