Albanian Football Forum

Sharri wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:43 am probably put Skenderbeu better than Shkendija as they have had harder opponents and more experience in UEFA than Shkendija.

Thank you for admitting it.

Anyway I have mixed feelings about Shkendija. I know it's a club with Albanians fans but all the points and wins they get benefits the Macedonian league. I have a hard time supporting that.

You should root for them as the more prestigious Shkendija becomes the better chance they produce better footballers which could benefit our NT.

As for the better team Shkendija definitely has the better offensive talent. Hasani and Ibraimi are an impressive duo. The problem lies with their defense and grit. They still haven't developed that grit that Skenderbeu has after steam rolling the Superliga for like half a decade.

Results speak for themselves. Skenderbeu have actual made group stages before.

Lol, We are used to it. We are hated by all other clubs in macedpnia, maco supporters and the FFM. It's a shame that some albs cant get around them because Tetove is in fyrom, despite being a completely alb town.

Sharri wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:38 am Results speak for themselves. Skenderbeu have actual made group stages before.

Lol, We are used to it. We are hated by all other clubs in macedpnia, maco supporters and the FFM. It's a shame that some albs cant get around them because Tetove is in fyrom, despite being a completely alb town.

You're right. The fact they had to play their latest match in Struminca (Completely macedonian town in the middle of Macedonia) rather than Shkup shows their ignorance. I'm certain they could have atleast filled the Shkupi stadium with atleast 20k in attendance. They probably don't want Shkendija to make the EL as the added revenue and prestige they get may make Shkendija too good for the Macedonian league (Like what happened to Skenderbeu, Ludogorets, etc).

But this ignorance is what molded Shkendija into them becoming probably the most popular Albanian team. Shkendija has unanimous support from all the Albos in FYROM. It doesn't matter if you're from Shkupi, Diber, Kercove, etc, you have a soft spot for Shkendija. Every match it's us (Albania) vs them (shkije/Kaur).

I don't really see how it's helping the Macedonian league. The coefficients at this point don't even matter apart from the club ones. The money they win goes straight to the club.

Skenderbeu can play football, the Chzec team was very strong physically and played simple good ball, but they'd kill to have a Latifi, Nimaga or Vangjeli in their team. This Skenderbeu team is way weaker than the one that reached EL group stage, but is still writing history.

Watched Shkendija live, Hasani and Ibraimi are on another level compared to the rest of their team.

P.S. Valon Ahmedi is playing in the CHL playoffs, I remember him as a technical player, could be useful for the NT in the future.

Skenderbeu vs Dynamo Zagreb
Shkendija vs AC Milan

Play off round was always going to be near impossible

Shkendija getting the strongest option . No chance at all , hopefully they'll gain something out of this on visibility and marketing.

Skenderbeu has some chances as DZG wasn't that strong this last season , still Dinamo is heavily favourite .

DZ again....Who comes up with this shit.....

Anyhow, only way Skenderbeu is winning this is with penalties.

I noticed that what Skenderbeu and Shkendija have in common is a wealthy owner. Ever since Destani bought out Shkendija, he completely changed the structure of the club and bought people in on the board to raise the standard.

Ardian Takaj i heard had a similar effect for Skenderbeu, but can anyone clarify why he is hated by a few? I heard about the match fixing claims, but some people i know from Korce have told me that there is more to it than the alb media let on.