Cana has to be diplomatic, he's not gonna come out say lets f*** the Serbs up. Also he is our captain so I like him to be level headed and think of what's best for the team. Fans on the other hand are allowed to be emotional in these matters because our only involvement in this match is emotional by nature. If I had to take a simple rational approach to things I'd have said this match means absolutely nothing because we have a million bigger problems in Albania to fix before we win this football match, like running water, electricity, unemployment, education, domestic abuse, etc etc. Or I could go even further and take a nihilistic approach and say what is the point of 11 men chasing a ball, it's fucking stupid. But most people don't function like that. We are emotional beings, we can't rationalize every aspect of our existence.Aurora Bulkualis wrote:Like Cana said the result of this game doesn't matter on its own, as long as we make it to Euros. If there was a women's ping pong match between the two countries, it'd still be politicized. It doesn't mean it's worth anything. The Armenia match might be more important than this.
Also, we are men and violent by nature. Prior to WWII nations fought brutal wars amongst each other and nowadays most of the clashes between nations have been replaced by clashes in sports. Most of us view this as a clash between the Serb and Albanian nations, a sort of replacement for an actual war between the two peoples, which I much prefer over an actual war.
Here's a quote about Germany from Wim van Hanegem a Dutch midfielder 30 years after WWII ended: "I didn't give a damn about the score. 1–0 was enough, as long as we could humiliate them. I hate them. They murdered my family. My father, my sister, two of my brothers. Each time I faced Germany I was angst-filled." Read a bit more about Dutch-German rivalry and tell me if you see any parallels between Serbs and Albanians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E ... ll_rivalry
Basically it boils down to this: I hate Serbia and Greece with a passion. You don't and that's your prerogative but please spare me this is just another match.