Albanian National Team [General topic]

[Princ]

Albania opens a huge underdog at Spain.

via 1xBet..
1 ~79%
X ~14%
2 ~7%

Positive result about 1 out of 5 times. Old De Biasi took his team of destroyers into France back in 2014 with odds just as, if not slightly more lopsided than these. He came out with a draw and a great deal of confidence had built up, eventually culminating with a climb into the top 25.

Time to see if the young man Edi Reja can live up to achievements of his predecessor.

[CanaYouDoIt]

So Adrian Bajrami is the surprise call up, good idea to use these friendlies to get him capped.

Sad to see names like Ramadani and Doka still in the squad and a total of 1 winger. Indication he is gonna stick with his archaic crap system.

[Skenderbeu9]

I don't know what u talking about this was one of the best list in a while
No Trashi and Balaj alone make it a 7/10
Vrioni getting a deserved call after a while capping two very promising youngsters and of course Kastrati who deserved it since 2020 plus the so needed Ivan
Bro that list is a 9,5/10

[CanaYouDoIt]

I don't know what u talking about this was one of the best list in a while
No Trashi and Balaj alone make it a 7/10
Vrioni getting a deserved call after a while capping two very promising youngsters and of course Kastrati who deserved it since 2020 plus the so needed Ivan
Bro that list is a 9,5/10

Well most the players are picked for themselves, I just don't wanna see crap players called up when we have a chance to see what others can do, most my beef lies with Reja anyway.

[Skenderbeu9]

We don't have wingers how he can play with wingers Roshi is still arguable the best in our national team and he is more than done
Preferred line up against Spain
Strakosha
Hysaj Djimsiti Ismajli Kumbulla Balliu
Gjasula
Asllani Abrashi
Cikalleshi Manaj

Sub in Broja Vrioni Bare Doka Bajrami
Against Georgia
Kastrati
Balliu Mihaj Kumbulla A. Bajrami
Ramadani
Bare Asllani
N.Bajrami
Broja Vrioni

[Dallku]

Lets be honest, that's the best possible team.

The next step is to replace Hoxhallari, Ramadani, Gjasula, Roshi and potentially Abrashi but right now we don't have those replacements ready.

You can argue about some of those Croatian league players like Selahi, Cokaj, etc but anything in Croatia that's not from Dinamo Zagreb is something you should take with a grain of salt. Those players need to prove something at a higher level or else you're arguing about whose shit smells better.

Also glad that Seferi (who has been on fire) is not called up. Players shouldn't be rewarded for going backwards in their careers and dominating amateur leagues. in Switzerland he could barely make the bench!

[artan]

Good to see Balliu back hopefully Reja isn’t stubborn this time.

Calling up Roshi is concerning since he’s a second division winger but as long as he’s just a locker room guy I don’t mind. It’s concerning that no new wing button s are called up and it makes me think we’ll be stuck in this 3-5-2 for some time.

Selahi and Cokaj should have been called up and given a look. Friendlies are meant to test guys like these out and especially in the Georgia match where I suppose the B team will be playing.

I don’t expect much from Vrioni but better him than Balaj. Hope he proves me wrong.

[CanaYouDoIt]

Just need a new coach, because the senile old man isn't the guy to lead this lot. He'll be the oldest coach in football if we get to the Euros, just go enjoy Italy before you die and leave us alone.

[ZenMaster]

Adrian Bajrami is invited also by Swiss U20

[Simboli i Diellit]

Adrian Bajrami is invited also by Swiss U20

But he can’t play for them, he would need a permit from FIFA to switch sides.