[Friendly 26/03/16] Austria - Albania

[ZenMaster]

Only Albanians can be so upset that a Turkish mid-table league player(who btw didn't contribute at all in the qualifiers) is not called up. The abuse De Biasi is getting on social media is hilarious..you'd think Alban Meha is Messi. Albos are such bandwagoners man. I bet 90% of the kids who are crying for Meha have never seen him play or have only seen free kicks of him on youtube. Fck Alban Meha.

I don't really care about Alban Meha because i believe he is worthless in De Biasi tactics but Roshi and Balaj should not be on that list because they are benchwarmers in fucking croatian league.

[artan]

It looks like this will be the lineup for the match:

---------Balaj
Lenjani------Roshi
----Xhaka-Kace
-------Abrashi
Agoli-Mavraj-Cana-Hysaj
---------Berisha

Memushaj and Gashi seem to have picked up injuries. I'd rather have Cika in place for Balaj but other than that it's good lineup.

[Albo_eagle]

Kaçe and Agolli are the only two players to feature in all of De Biasi schemes. I'm happy he is trying out Kaçe in all the line ups as i think the team should be built around him.

That midfield trio is superb. A very good line up, De Biasi seems to be doing things right. I am not a fan of Agolli but Aliji never plays so i guess this is all we can do. I would say play Lila at RB and move Hysaj to LB but Hysaj is our top player so no sense in not playing him in his best position. Maybe Lila can play LB? Lenjani is probably the best option there but De Biasi see's him as a LM.

[Dallku]

That trio in midfield is interesting and based on characteristics they should compliment each other. Abrashi/Xhaka as warrior "ballwinners" and Kace as a creator. It sucks that they're all so freakin tiny though so I wonder how that will effect the team. De Biasi likes Kukeli because he drops back and becomes a 3rd CB when the opponent is attacking. None of the little ones can do that nor help on set pieces.

[Dallku]

Official lineup is pretty surprising

Hysaj-Cana-Mavraj-Agolli
Lila-Abrashi-Kace-BAsha-Lenjani
Balaj

Surprising that he left out Xhaka. Lila as a winger is typical De Biasi.

[artan]

Official lineup is pretty surprising

Hysaj-Cana-Mavraj-Agolli
Lila-Abrashi-Kace-BAsha-Lenjani
Balaj

Surprising that he left out Xhaka. Lila as a winger is typical De Biasi.

I'm seeing Xhaka in place of Basha(Panorama). Lila is starting because Roshi is out with injury but it's still baffling. How many times are we gonna put Lila out there until we realize he's not a winger?

[Albo_eagle]

I like Lila a lot. De Biasi has to stop playing him on the wing, he is a full back or a defensive mid.

I was looking foward to seeing Kaçe Xhaka Abrashi on at the same time. It's a shame they're not. Basha is worthless to us.

[Dallku]

Yeah some places have Xhaka in the lineup still but Lila is definitely in the lineup.

Tbh since Lila is in I'd rather have Basha in there than Xhaka because Basha is better in possession and combines well with Kace. Defensively Xhaka is obviously stronger though.

[Simboli i Diellit]

Yeah some places have Xhaka in the lineup still but Lila is definitely in the lineup.

Tbh since Lila is in I'd rather have Basha in there than Xhaka because Basha is better in possession and combines well with Kace. Defensively Xhaka is obviously stronger though.

It's confirmed from FSHF the lineup with Xhaka - Kaçe- Abrashi in midfield. This would've been a great test for Rashica as a RW. Lila doesn't offer much as a winger but obviously he cover when Hysaj goes forward . Expecting a 1:1 draw and Mavraj to score

[artan]

Xhaka is a bit underrated offensively. In the past for us he's practically played as a box-box midfielder. He doesn't possess alot of technical traits but he makes up for it by working hard to retain possession, tries to press the issue by attacking and having a sense of urgency. In several of our games (Armenia, Portugal, Denmark, etc) it seems like he was the only midfielder who made an effort to attack.

If you're gonna have Lila out there might as well go all out and put in the guys that will press. Basha is a disappointment.