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| Myrto Uzuni after scoring the goal against Spain |
Albania loses the challenge against Spain with the result 2-1, but is the protagonist of a good match against the world football giants.
After a first half where the Spaniards clearly dominated the midfield, but where the Albanian red and blacks were shown to be attentive.
The first minutes talk only about "La Roja", with ours who do not manage to get out of the respective half, but after a few minutes the red and blacks get courage, and in the last minutes they have the cleanest chance of this part, with a beautiful action of Broja who shows his talent, but his pass misses Cikallesh's head by a few centimeters, avoiding a safe goal.
In the second half, Albania seems more liberated, and the Balliu Broja axis is more active. But in the 75th minute, a defensive error sends the talent Ferran Torres into the net.
Albania has the merit not to give in, even finds the unexpected draw thanks to Myrto Uzuni, who entered the second half and benefits from a mistake. A historic goal for the striker from Berat.
But then when the game was heading towards a historic draw, it was a masterful shot by Dani Olmo in the 90th minute that gives the victory to "La Roja", although there are doubts about the position that leads to the goal.
However, the great joy of the Spanish coach Luis Enrique can be described as a medal for the boys of Reya, a sign that we can be dignified even in the first category of this sport.
But coach Edi Reja does not hide at all the disappointment for the result in Barcelona, where according to him, his boys deserved a different result from the loss, especially in the way it came.
"One of the biggest disappointments of his career, the boys deserved an award for the work they were doing. We still lack something because we do not manage to goal", declared the Italian coach of the National Team of Albania.
"I saw their goal on the phone and it was outside, this adds to my anger because I think we played well against a great team. But if we improve even a few small things, we will move forward," he added.
While Spain coach Luis Enrique after the match won with Albania in the last minute with the result 2-1 is happy but also praises the Albanians.
"I am very happy that we returned as a national team to Barcelona after 18 years. Albania was shown to be a good team and we knew that, and the result showed it, they knew what they were doing, a hard team", says the Spanish technician.
Asked about a special player who impressed him, the former Barcelona star has no doubts: "Broja, it was really hard to stop him."