Albanian National Team [General topic]

[RedFootballs]

Fantastic performance from the team and it can't be doubted just how far this team has come under Sylvinho.

Absolutely professional and we look like a quality side physically and tactically.

[Dallku]

Deserved win. No one really played bad besides that Strakosha blunder.

Great performances from: Mitaj, Asllani, Kumbulla, Ismajli, Hysaj, Manaj

[Aurora Bulkualis]

I really hope these games grow our strong mentality:

Czech Republic @ home
Poland @ home
Now Ukraine @ "away" (even though it's only NL)

We haven't won a big "away" game since Portugal in 2014, one decade ago.

[RedFootballs]

Meanwhile Georgia beat Czech Republic 4-1, wow, that's so weird.

[ZenMaster]

Very happy for Kumbulla and Ismajli, they showed they can easily replace Djimsiti. Manaj was fucking beast, monumental performance by him, he just wanted to help team to win. What i liked most from Asani was his micro smart decisions, winning throw ins wasting time while Hoxha unfortunately was doing exactly opposite.

[Princ]

Amazing performance guys!

Tremendous heart to comeback from down a goal and take 3 points as underdog away from home!

So happy for Ismajli!

He is a lion and that was an injustice done to him at EURO 24!

I have said it for a long time.. Ismajli is our best defender and hopefully people can start to realize that!

Jasir Asani from Sugar Ray Manaj to win the match! Asani looks much better now that he is playing regularly for his club!

Congratulations on our first ever win against Ukraine! We continue our run of success against Slavic opponents!

Sylvinho is the man!

[Aurora Bulkualis]

Might need to revisit these later but from what I saw:

Strakosha 5 - Would have gotten a 6 if not for the idiotic blunder.
Hysaj 6 - Decent defensively. Not much offensively.
Mitaj 8 - Better offensively than defensively, but still very good on both ends.
Ismajli 9 - MOTM. Scored a goal and a wall defensively.
Kumbulla 8.5 - Very good defensively. This is the Kumbulla we've wanted to see for years.
Ramadani 6 - Decent. Nothing special
Asllani 6 - Decent. Nothing special (seemed to tire very early).
Bajrami 6 - Decent, but still wondering about his position as a winger.
Laci 6 - Decent, but wasted too many chances in front of goal.
Asani 7 - First half invisible but second half much better.
Manaj 7 - Good hold up play and assist, but can't give more than a 7 without scoring a goal.

Berisha 5.5 - Didn't see much from him tbh.
Hoxha 6 - This guy is the opposite of Asani. Great dribbling but no end product. Still a massive asset for us.

Sylvinho 9/10 - One of his best performances tbh. Has his teacher's pets but they deliver. Can't criticize.

My main takeaway is that it's seeming like that Croatia EURO game will serve as the blueprint for the future Albania.

[Redijupison]

What a great team performance, apart from Hysaj everyone else was excellent. Motm, Ismajli or Manaj. Imo, the way Ismajli and Kumbulla performed tonight, I'd like to see them continue as the CB pair.

[RedFootballs]

What a great team performance, apart from Hysaj everyone else was excellent. Motm, Ismajli or Manaj. Imo, the way Ismajli and Kumbulla performed tonight, I'd like to see them continue as the CB pair.

Manaj had so much energy today, usually when he comes to the NT he barely moves and just stands still asking for the ball, the physical level he showed today was surprising compared with his usual, I hope it continues.

[IndritFieri]

How come no one made a game thread for this game?

First game I don’t curse at Manaj. Sylvinho might be a magician.