[Friendly 29/03/16] Luxembourg - Albania

[Dallku]

Lol Shehi representing Albanian league well

[Genti]

Meanwhile Germany 4 - 0 Italy

[Dallku]

Observations:

De Biasi clearly sees Veseli as the backup for that RB position and not Andi Lila. Veseli is pretty good defensively and a smart player. Offensively he tries to go forward but his crossing is atrocious. He's clearly an all defensive player.

Aliji is composed and comfortable on the ball. Always looks to pass it instead of hoofing it to no address(Albanian style). That can be dangerous sometimes though but I prefer it more. His biggest weakness is his physically. Today he was pushed off the ball by simple shoulder to shoulder challenges..

Ajeti/Gjimshiti did their job. I liked Gjimshiti's passing and vision.. He's more of a Mavraj player while Ajeti is more of a Cana type. Ajeti looks like a liability on 1v1 but meh that's normal.

Memushaj the captain was ok. Some of his over the top balls were pretty good and one of them caused the sending off. The short passing and combinations were lacking but meh what's new?.

Basha was ok. Needed to move the ball faster sometimes and and chill on the back passes. Same with Kukeli who seems to have lost a step.

Gashi's corners and set piece delivery were pretty good, always dangerous but if we're gonna judge him as an attacking mid/winger who's supposed to create chances for himself and others then he was a ghost.

Shala was not as bad as I thought he would be. He had some decent moments.. He played out of position because he's a central player not a wide one.

Cikalleshi is pretty selfish but I'd rather have a selfish striker who wants it bad than a scared one(Balaj). Leshi WANTS IT BAD.

The subs were alright. Kace did what Kace does, Roshi was Roshi and I thought Rashica did more in his few touches from open play than Gashi did the while 90 minutes he played.

[Albo_eagle]

Key Notes:

Kaçe showed once again he is our best player. An absolute star.

Gashi was very bad, and now that he plays in the MLS he will only get worse, he is done. Kukeli and Basha have no place in this team. Roshi is a very bad winger but we have to rely on him. Rashica a bit shy, but with no doubt better then all in his postition. Shala played well.

[artan]

Honestly, this was an awful friendly. What's the point of this friendly? Most of our guys didn't care and it's not a realistic test. Also, What's the point of playing with two deep holding midfielders in Basha/Kukeli against Luxembourg?

They couldn't even agree to have the game in Elbasan too. Atleast the federation would have made some money on the ticket sales.

[Simboli i Diellit]

Just finished watching the Luxembourg game replay. What a waste of time. It would've been better playing a friendly against Skenderbeu or Partizani at home.

[Albanian Damien]

Just finished watching the Luxembourg game replay. What a waste of time. It would've been better playing a friendly against Skenderbeu or Partizani at home.

The fucked up part is that these kind of friendlies along with the one against Qatar are just to play it safe. The type of friendlies that have no chance of hurting FIFA rankings, and are supposed to serve as confidence boosts by beating up on weaker teams. Unfortunately we struggled to put 2 past a 10 men Luxembourg.

I don't want to put too much stake into meaningless games but if we continue like this I think we will be the embarrassment of the tournament.

[Pjetër]

Nah. Hungary is prob gonna look really bad too.

[Aurora Bulkualis]

Ajeti looks like a liability on 1v1 but meh that's normal.

It's "ok" for now, but troubling if we are looking to be more attacking as a team 3-4 years down the line.

What's the point of this friendly?

DB was trying new players before the tournament. Tougher to experiment with stronger teams. 2 losses in a row would be bad for morale.

[Albo_eagle]

Nah. Hungary is prob gonna look really bad too.

No way. I watched their play off game and they were awsome, they play like us in terms of sitting back but when they go foward they just explode. Kind if like Juventus.