Albanian national football coach Edi Reja gathered 26 players for the match against Andorra and France. Against Andora will be the first match for Florian Kamberi, while Taulant Xhaka is back.
Reja came out today at 11:00 am in a press conference where he talked about the accumulated football players and the two next matches, valid for the EURO 2020 qualifiers.
The first match will be played on November 14 against Andorra at the Elbasan Arena Stadium and the final match for these qualifiers at the new national stadium on November 17.
In his speech to the media, Coach Reja said: “We are sorry for Cikaleshi, but we have a suitable contingent and we have alternative choices.
We have high expectations of watching Florian Kamberi closely. There has also been a significant increase in gameplay. I want to always play the same way, to the best of our ability.
The next match will be with Andorra and there is an understatement from the media. As with France the attention is bigger not only by the opponent but also by the new stadium.
Our first objective is to get the most out of these matches.
Little by little we have started to recruit new players and we also need results, this is the process. So we have to recruit a few young players and because I understand the AFF policy, it is also required reassurance to get good results.
Panucci and De Biasi must be a little jealous of me as I will be the first at the new stadium and I feel excited, privileged. It will be great for the players to play there. It's a really beautiful stadium in Europe. I have also invited my daughter and my wife.
Kamberi's point is the documentation to be ready for these matches.
We hope to get a positive response by being ready for one of these meetings. We got Uzuni, he wasn't the last time because I trusted the new players, or Seferi who for technical reasons failed to make his debut.
There is also room for other comebacks such as Taulant Xhaka, whom we will look at carefully during our work.
Together with the AFF we have the same project for the future. With Turkey you saw that we were very close to victory and the situation would be open. We needed a miracle there and it didn't happen.
I have an appeal for Albanian fans to support us against Andorra.
I heard that there is not much interest and without fans there is no football. I don't like an experimental team and I don't want to experiment with the lineup.
Andorra plays with a 4-4-2 module and we have seen it against Moldova and Turkey. They are very well defended and we will wait for the right moment to hit. So it requires patience on our part and not risk too much with the counterattacks."
Reja came out today at 11:00 am in a press conference where he talked about the accumulated football players and the two next matches, valid for the EURO 2020 qualifiers.
The first match will be played on November 14 against Andorra at the Elbasan Arena Stadium and the final match for these qualifiers at the new national stadium on November 17.
In his speech to the media, Coach Reja said: “We are sorry for Cikaleshi, but we have a suitable contingent and we have alternative choices.
We have high expectations of watching Florian Kamberi closely. There has also been a significant increase in gameplay. I want to always play the same way, to the best of our ability.
The next match will be with Andorra and there is an understatement from the media. As with France the attention is bigger not only by the opponent but also by the new stadium.
Our first objective is to get the most out of these matches.
Little by little we have started to recruit new players and we also need results, this is the process. So we have to recruit a few young players and because I understand the AFF policy, it is also required reassurance to get good results.
Panucci and De Biasi must be a little jealous of me as I will be the first at the new stadium and I feel excited, privileged. It will be great for the players to play there. It's a really beautiful stadium in Europe. I have also invited my daughter and my wife.
Kamberi's point is the documentation to be ready for these matches.
We hope to get a positive response by being ready for one of these meetings. We got Uzuni, he wasn't the last time because I trusted the new players, or Seferi who for technical reasons failed to make his debut.
There is also room for other comebacks such as Taulant Xhaka, whom we will look at carefully during our work.
Together with the AFF we have the same project for the future. With Turkey you saw that we were very close to victory and the situation would be open. We needed a miracle there and it didn't happen.
I have an appeal for Albanian fans to support us against Andorra.
I heard that there is not much interest and without fans there is no football. I don't like an experimental team and I don't want to experiment with the lineup.
Andorra plays with a 4-4-2 module and we have seen it against Moldova and Turkey. They are very well defended and we will wait for the right moment to hit. So it requires patience on our part and not risk too much with the counterattacks."