With memories of the golden years (80's) of the albanian football still fresh on her mind, Albania is now attempting to recreate its strong football legacy. As young players start making their names abroad, the future is looking bright for Albanian football!
They faced Barcelona 4 times in 2 years, and only lost 1 tie.
And contrary to what people say, Barca was still a top team then. Recently to those games, 1986, they were European Cup finalists. From 1970s to 1990s, players like Cruyff, Maradona, Guardiola, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Stoichkov, Figo all played for Barca.
Also of note is that the 87/88 tie was the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup too. Barca lost the European Cup final in 1986 to Steaua and won its first in 1992 during those years. Back then only the champions played in the European Cup, the predecessor to the CL.
I still maintain the 1980's was the golden age of the Albanian club football with Tirana (4 titiles), Dinamo (2 titles), Partizani (2 titles), Vllaznia (1 title), Labinoti Elbasan (1 title) and Flamurtari (3 years in a row runners up) all being in excellent form. Unfortunately the fall of communism led to a rapid decline in club football which took us almost 20 years to recover from and I don't believe we'll ever reach those heights again. What Flamurtari did is definitely impossible to repeat at club level now, where we're just happy to pass a first couple of rounds and have become notonrious for match fixing. Gone are the ideals and the money/corruption has taken over football just like every facet of Albanian life.
Plako wrote:Simboli is Kukesi going to win the title? I know you mentioned it about 3-4 months ago but I thought you were joking. Looks pretty serious now that they'll win it.
Duke pa tendencen ne fillim kampionati dhe uljen e tensioneve mes Gjicit e Takajt te jep idene se kane ra dakord . Skenderbeu vec do i prishe pune Partizanit ne luften per titull . Nga ana tjeter Skenderbeu rrezikon penalizime nga Uefa e me shume mundesi ate spotin qe i jep mundesi te arrihen grupet e EL me kollaj do ia leri Kukesit ket vit. Ato e shperben skudren krejtesisht e besoj me blerjet e reja vec po ndertojne nje grup per te ardhmen. Kukesi nga ana tjeter kerkon me ngulm kampionatin se ka vite qe del i dyti dhe Gjici mund te paguaje te arrije objektivin.
Per sa i perket kupes ket vit pervec Beselidhjes qe eshte nga kat e pare te gjitha te tjerat kane shance.
Flamurtari e Vllaznia kane rrugetim me te lehte per ne finale. Besoj Laci i len ndeshjet e kupes Skenderbeut per pike ne kampionat (e kunderta ndodhte sezonet e fundit ). Kukesi mund Tiranen dhe i len gjysmefinalen Skenderbeut.
Ne finale Skenderbeu vs Flamurtari ose Vllaznia .
Takaj eshte ne vitet e fundit te menaxhimit te Skenderbeut dhe largimi i tij do te zyrtarizohet pas denimit disavjecar . Fati i klubit Skenderbeu do varet nga denimi i Uefas, nese nuk do ta zbresin nga kategoria atehere do ta mbajn ne Superiore per ti sherbyer sistemit sic jane Laci dhe Teuta sot. Korca eshte tashme eshte nje "Limon i shtrydhur" dhe e ka mbyllur njehere historine e saj me kampionatet ndoshta kete vit do te fitoj kupen. Fakti qe Takaj nuk ka investuar asnje cent ne infrastrukture, ne akademi apo nuk ka pasur asnje tentative per ta privatizuar klubin perkunder marredhenieve te shkelqyera me kryetarin e Bashkise tregon qe planet e tij tek Korca ishin te perkohshme. Kur i shton sot estraden e sotme ne Lac dhe guximin prej budallenjeve te dyshes Laskaj- Takaj atehere e kupton qe cirku ka mbaru pune ne Korce. Me emrin Takaj i referohem sistemit te ndertuar nga Mbreti sepse Ardian Takaj eshte vetem nje lojtar perifik ne gjithe kete histori, si biznesmen eshte i falimentuar thjesht kukell e dyshes Duka-Nuri. objektivi i sivjetshem duket te jete Kukesi kampion, Flamurtari te largohet nga kategoria dhe te shpetohen me cdo kusht Laci dhe Teuta.. Cirku do te kete vetem nje ndalese te shkurt ne Kukes ndersa me shume mundesi destinacioni i ardhshem do te jete "djepi i futbollit". Shpejt u harrua Sulaj, Zeqo e njejta gje do te ndodhi me Takajn.
They faced Barcelona 4 times in 2 years, and only lost 1 tie.
And contrary to what people say, Barca was still a top team then. Recently to those games, 1986, they were European Cup finalists. From 1970s to 1990s, players like Cruyff, Maradona, Guardiola, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Stoichkov, Figo all played for Barca.
Also of note is that the 87/88 tie was the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup too. Barca lost the European Cup final in 1986 to Steaua and won its first in 1992 during those years. Back then only the champions played in the European Cup, the predecessor to the CL.
I still maintain the 1980's was the golden age of the Albanian club football with Tirana (4 titiles), Dinamo (2 titles), Partizani (2 titles), Vllaznia (1 title), Labinoti Elbasan (1 title) and Flamurtari (3 years in a row runners up) all being in excellent form. Unfortunately the fall of communism led to a rapid decline in club football which took us almost 20 years to recover from and I don't believe we'll ever reach those heights again. What Flamurtari did is definitely impossible to repeat at club level now, where we're just happy to pass a first couple of rounds and have become notonrious for match fixing. Gone are the ideals and the money/corruption has taken over football just like every facet of Albanian life.
Yeah, football is very different today. Teams like Steaua and Red Star winning European titles is impossible.
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