Nations League : Israel vs Albania, 20:45 CET

[artan]

Imagine being world class supertalents like Asllani and Broja and getting all the blame for losing and then getting benched for amateurs. Only in Albania.

Any other player with an ounce of ego would quit on the spot and rightfully so.

“World class supertalents”

Finding it increasingly hard to distinguish between your comments and my own satire..

For Albania they are super talents and they are being benched for vastly inferior players who are borderline amateurs. Albania has constantly shown to do this for whatever reason. Cikaleshi/Manaj/Balaj over Broja, Trashi (kuwaiti amateur) over Balliu, Ramadani over Bajrami, Dermaku over Kumbulla, etc. Something is clearly rotten and it probably extends past Reja. Maybe it's nepotism like the Tirana owners getting their guys (trashi, seferi) in the lineup so they can get a transfer fee. You will never see Macedonia, Bosnia, Georgia, etc, do this..

[Dallku]

You will never see Macedonia, Bosnia, Georgia, etc, do this..

All these countries prioritize talent. That's why they are far ahead.

Albania prioritizes feelings, friendships, etc.

[artan]

You will never see Macedonia, Bosnia, Georgia, etc, do this..

All these countries prioritize talent. That's why they are far ahead.

Albania prioritizes feelings, friendships, etc.

Macedonia will neutralize whatever player they can get wether it’s Albanian, Turk, Serb, etc, because they are desperate for talent. They don’t even care about the ethnic tension. They know they can’t win with players from the Slovak league. You think they will bench someone like Broja for their shitty Slovak striker?

We have talent but yet we don’t prioritize it. We even still have some diaspora players that can probably contribute but we neglect it. I really don’t get what they are doing here.

[Princ]

For Albania they are super talents and they are being benched for vastly inferior players who are borderline amateurs.

Inferior only to you..

Both the assistant coach and the head of FA have told you that level between players is similar. Who is in the best shape, must start!

[Dallku]

Macedonia will neutralize whatever player they can get wether it’s Albanian, Turk, Serb, etc, because they are desperate for talent. They don’t even care about the ethnic tension. They know they can’t win with players from the Slovak league. You think they will bench someone like Broja for their shitty Slovak striker?

We have talent but yet we don’t prioritize it. We even still have some diaspora players that can probably contribute but we neglect it. I really don’t get what they are doing here.

If Eljif Elmas was Albanian he would get benched 100%.

The fact that Cikalleshi is the captain today over Abrashi(who has contributed to the NT 10x more than Cika) sums things up. It's all about friendships and connections.

[Genti]

No other national team in the world would bench a Chelsea player for a player who plays in Saudi Arabia.

[Princ]

LOL at armchair experts on here who have never trained a single day in their life..

Cikalleshi is a decade older and still in better shape than Albanian Ballhog. Hit the gym young buck, you getting outworked by the senior citizens with those chicken legs of yours!

[artan]

LOL at armchair experts on here who have never trained a single day in their life..

Cikalleshi is a decade older and still in better shape than Albanian Ballhog. Hit the gym young buck, you getting outworked by the senior citizens with those chicken legs of yours!

Cikaleshi is a career scrub whose career highlights was scoring 8 goals in Turkey. The rest of his career he was a mediocre player in the Turkish First Division.

He’s fortunate for scoring some open goals against amateur Belarus defenders. He’s also fortunate for being a domestic player as he has buddies and connections in the FSHF because if not he would have been benched a long time ago. It’s the reason Panucci got fired because he refused to call up his sorry ass up (the locker room and FSHF threw a mutiny for this lol)

[Princ]

Why are other Superliga products of his era Balaj and Sadiku not with the NT..?

Reason is that they never put in the work to stay in shape like Cikalleshi has done. He loves the game of football and has a passion that is unrivalled by the others, as you saw on the pitch in Israel.

Instead of going partying all week like a teenager, Cikalleshi is a family man who is dedicated to his craft. His longevity is due to his own hard work. No one deserves the captain armband more than him!

Cikalleshi

[RedFootballs]

Imagine being world class supertalents like Asllani and Broja and getting all the blame for losing and then getting benched for amateurs. Only in Albania.

Any other player with an ounce of ego would quit on the spot and rightfully so.

Agree with the sentiment of your post but they are not world class supertalents lol.

Supertalents relative to Albania sure but world class supertalents are guys like Pedri, Gavi, Tchouameni, Saka, Bellingham... They are undisputed starters for top teams. Even a guy like Martinelli is actually the same age as Broja (21). Football is different nowadays, players are maturing faster and there are tons of youngsters in top league teams.

There are tons of 20-21 year old players starting in top leagues these days, and a lot of them even starting at the best teams in the world. Broja and Asllani are 2 players who had decent/good seasons at bottom half teams then got benched at top teams. They don't fit into that bracket.