Dallku wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:03 pm
If you guys remember, even though Skenderbeu was qualifying for the EL, eliminating DZ and beating Sporting they still didn't have ONE NT material player.. well besides Shehi who was the 3rd choice gk.
Skenderbeu had plenty of players good enough to play for Albania.
Olayinka and Sowe were better than any of our strikers. Bernard Berisha went on to have a very respectable career in Russia.
Lilaj was an accomplished midfielder in European competitions but he was unlucky to be in the same generation as prime diaspora players Abrashi and Xhaka, along with veterans Kukeli, Lila, and Basha.
Nimaga was a super underrated CM, standing at 1.90m with a ton of experience in Europe.
All 5 of these players mentioned above would be Albanian NT quality during any era other than the historic 2014-2016 EURO qualification timeframe.