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Great game!

Albania unlucky not to come away with 3 points here!

Thanks guys!

You left it all out there tonight!

I don't even know how to process this...

All we need now is a win v. Spain and we’re through!

We could have had all 3 points here but it is still in our hands boys!

Now we only need to win against Spain... Lol. Safe to say without a win here we are out. But at least they didn't completely embarrass themselves.

artan wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:48 pm

Shpati wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:45 pm

artan wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:43 pm In general Albanians are just perpetual losers. As a nation we sucked up to Italy and Croatia so much about brotherhood blah blah. They came to compete and don’t see us as that.

Yep. I'm getting tired of this BS. It's only fun and "brotherhood" when they get the W while we play like pu$$ies.

It’s pathetic. Italians look down upon us and Albanians want to be Italians so bad. No spine.

That whole spaghetti skit was so cringe. Everyone thought it was funny and "good banter". I thought otherwise. Because we all know how the Italians would have acted if Albania actually came out with a W that game.

If I was coach, I'd tell somebody to do a hard foul and set the tone of the game. Get a few yellows. IDGAF. Nobody is your friend in a tournament.

Who would have thought Gjasula would score two. Here we lost two points, all on Sylvinho.

Best players today: Strakosha, Mitaj, Asllani, Bajrami

Worst players: Asani, Seferi, Gjasula, Hysaj

Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 5:01 pm Now we only need to win against Spain... Lol. Safe to say without a win here we are out. But at least they didn't completely embarrass themselves.

I'm trying to be positive. If Spain wins tomorrow they got 6 points. Italy 3 and Croatia 1.

This would put us in an ideal scenario where maybe Spain plays really lazy and we get a lucky W.

Spain 6
Italy 4
Albania 4
Croatia 2

Or maybe a draw tomorrow for Spain and Italy

Albania 4
Spain 4
Italy 4
Croatia 4.

I don't know. Either way, Spain is a must win LOL. This group will be tight.

The subs were awful. Manaj had a good first half, but it was obvious by 60 or 70 minutes he was finished and totally out of energy, he could have come off at 60 for Broja to give pace and dribbling to the attack, but Broja didn't even play.

Then instead of subbing on attacking players he chooses to sub on guys like Seferi who are completely defensive. I appreciate Seferi's sacrifice and he is definitely good physically but he just isn't good at football so not the right player when you are looking to attack.

Not really a point gained but more like 2 lost. We had them well controlled in the first half and were doing very well, then after the 1-0 it was the perfect time to make some attacking subs in the 2nd half to catch them out at the back after they threw everyone forward.

Sylvinho still has much to learn.

I know it feels like we came out with a point, but we didn't do ourselves any favors if we actually want to make it out of this group. This was a must win game. Now we have Spain ahead of us and we are in a must win scenario.

Seferi's Alban Bushi-esque shot led to Croatia's first counter attack goal. He shouldn't be getting playing time.

Hysaj is either too scared of the ball or can't read it. Either way, this isn't Euro material. He might be able to play passively in the Serie A with 10 teammates better than him. But this is not the case for Albania. Put in Balliu.

I don't care if Gjasula scored and had another chance. This was due to the aging Croatia collapsing. We won't get away with this against Spain.

Sylvinho still fairly new to the job and learning on the fly!

Seeing improvement within the group though! Best first half ever played!

It will be a shame if we don’t qualify for World Cup with these boys!