Euro 2016 : Albania 2:1 Armenia (full match replay)

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!

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Bulku and Curri the only Superliga player called up (not counting Hoxha and Shehi)?

Curri shouldn't get called up. The guy has shot knees. He looked terrible in those Kosova friendlies. Not sure why he's getting call ups. If the NT is doing Curri a personal favor, they are better off calling up some crappy Superliga prospect. At least he would be young and healthy.

Can't say I am upset about not calling up Avdijaj. The France-Italy friendlies were the time for that.

How fit is Roshi to play?

It's a pretty good list. Maybe he called up too many strikers since we only play with 1, but can't think of other players that he missed.
NYVirus wrote:Since we are calling some players that play in the Superliga, I think Kristi Vangjeli should have been called up. He used to be great in the few games he played for the national team and has been in good form in the Superliga (at least in comparison to everyone else that plays in the league). He's still fairly young too...
He's probably first in line if Lenjani, Agoli, Lila, Hysaj, or Alijii have to miss a game.
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Awesome to see aliji being called up. I have high hope for the kid


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Do you guys think the Abrashi/Kukeli partnership will be broken up in the midfield?


What I hope to see. Agolli won't be benched and Basha could start for one of the midfielders, if so just make him sit back.. I just think Memushaj is a good counter attacking player and he's a relentless player.
--------------Balaj
---Gashi--------------Roshi
-------Kace----Memushaj
-----------Xhaka(basha)
Agoli-Mavraj-Cana-Hysaj
-----------Berisha

I think that lineup has a good balance. It has the ability to clog the middle but it has the players in place to get armenia on the counter. Armenia's best player Mhkyrtchan is very subpar when he doesn't have space to roam and Memushaj as we know is Andi Lila on steroids. Kace isn't as aggressive or as good defensively as Abrashi but he's still very active. Bench is impressive with Meha, Basha, Cika, Abrashi, Lenjani, Rama and even Lila.
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That gap between Agolli and Mavraj will be our downfall. I remember it was fine in the first half vs. Denmark when Xhaka was playing as the left central mid, but when he switched Xhaka to the right we paid for it. Against France that's where our goal came from. I messaged DB, and it said message seen, so hopefully he takes it into account even though he didn't respond.
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DigBick wrote:That gap between Agolli and Mavraj will be our downfall. I remember it was fine in the first half vs. Denmark when Xhaka was playing as the left central mid, but when he switched Xhaka to the right we paid for it. Against France that's where our goal came from. I messaged DB, and it said message seen, so hopefully he takes it into account even though he didn't respond.
What do you mean you messaged him, where?
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lmao could you imagine being able to message someone like del bosque or löw on facebook? only in albania is the manager of the national team some jabroni looking potential players up on facebook.
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DigBick wrote:That gap between Agolli and Mavraj will be our downfall. I remember it was fine in the first half vs. Denmark when Xhaka was playing as the left central mid, but when he switched Xhaka to the right we paid for it. Against France that's where our goal came from. I messaged DB, and it said message seen, so hopefully he takes it into account even though he didn't respond.
What do you mean you messaged him, where?
Most likely on Facebook. He has a official account there and apparently he even responds back to some of the messages apparently.

As for Agoli I don't think he's a bad defender. He's poor defensively when the play is open and this is where he gets exposed in 1 v 1. He doesn't have the pace to keep up with speedy wingers and he sometimes gets caught to far up the pitch(Ex- Italy match) BUT, I think he's pretty good when we are bunkering(almost always) and when he's not on an island nor do attackers have room to run by him(Ex- Portugal match he was very good imo). I do think he's a good tackler and he's a tough gritty defender which he pretty much has to be. But lets be real if it wasn't for his ability to pass and cross with his left foot he wouldn't be on the roster.
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Pjetër wrote:lmao could you imagine being able to message someone like del bosque or löw on facebook? only in albania is the manager of the national team some jabroni looking potential players up on facebook.
Lol what Del Bosque...It's fucking De Biasi.....He's the only FSHF worker that doesn't answer back 99% of the time. Im sure he reads most fb messages, but he probably ignores the grand majority who are probably kids telling him to field Bulku or Salihi or whatever.
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Who can tell me an indication of present profiles there are derived from the xtra time forum. Only recognise a few now. For ex who's the big Dick?
And also Simboli. You ought to create a "free your mind" style section :mrgreen:
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Berti wrote:Who can tell me an indication of present profiles there are derived from the xtra time forum. Only recognise a few now. For ex who's the big Dick?
And also Simboli. You ought to create a "free your mind" style section :mrgreen:
Hi Berti, here you have them: viewforum.php?f=10
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