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!
Dallku wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:12 pm
Cikalleshi-Broja is a dogshit partnership. They played together against England and couldn't touch the ball one time.
Broja needs a Che Adams type of partner. Someone who runs non stop. For Albania only Uzuni can do that on top.
It’s Broja + a bunch of average guys so it’s pick your poison .
I’m more annoyed at Gjasula starting over Asllani. Guys a walking yellow card and crap on the ball. Asllani already better in recovering balls and good on the ball.
Only Albania for some reason doesn’t play their best players. Atleast Balliu and Broja are in the lineup.
Cikaleshi is a terrible fit in this system when we don’t have pace or width. Balliu is our best wingback but he still won’t solve the width issue. Broja while he has pace you don’t want him to be a player to just make runs as it’s a waste of his skill set. Cika will just clog up space from Broja. Uzuini can atleast make runs and press defensively.
I think Gjasula is a decent player but both him and Laci shouldn’t be starting. I’m not a fan of Laci in Rejas system since he doesn’t have the IQ and possession ability to fit. He’ll probably be a good fit in a pressing and counter attacking system where his physical skill set and workrate/aggression would be in good use.
The lineup's ok. My only concerns as mentioned above ^
1. Would prefer to see Uzuni//Manaj or even Vrioni in Cika's place. We see Cika enough in qualifiers anyway and he isn't suitable to play in games like this where we will park the bus. Uzuni with his workrate/pressing/runs or Manaj with his ability as an outlet gives more.
2. Asllani would help us keep possession much more. I like both Gjasula and Laci but you need a guy to distribute and handle the ball in the midfield. Bare and Asllani are two guys with underrated workrate as well so those two with Gjasula behind them probably would have been better.
Right , someone like Asllani will help us keep the ball for that extra 2/3 mins over the game rather than giving away possession needlessly. Those 2 mins could be the difference between an L and a draw
artan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:21 pm
Only Albania for some reason doesn’t play their best players. Atleast Balliu and Broja are in the lineup.
Cikaleshi is a terrible fit in this system when we don’t have pace or width. Balliu is our best wingback but he still won’t solve the width issue. Broja while he has pace you don’t want him to be a player to just make runs as it’s a waste of his skill set. Cika will just clog up space from Broja. Uzuini can atleast make runs and press defensively.
I think Gjasula is a decent player but both him and Laci shouldn’t be starting. I’m not a fan of Laci in Rejas system since he doesn’t have the IQ and possession ability to fit. He’ll probably be a good fit in a pressing and counter attacking system where his physical skill set and workrate/aggression would be in good use.
Sokol Cikalleshi..
The “terrible fit” who scored super goals on the best Slavs from Warsaw to Prague.