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!
andi2410 wrote:So excited for Avdijaj. Man, in a few years an attacking trio with Manaj up top and Avdijaj and Rashica from the wings. We could really be building something special.
There's a good chance none of them might even start in the future. We all thought Ujkani was our Buffon, until Berisha usurped him completely. We all thought Kabashi was a good player too. Roshi was playing a decent amount of games in Bundesliga at 20 years old.
I think out of all of them only Rashica can make a case for now.
Or both of them could surpass Shaqiri in the future. Kabashi only looked good at the youth level with the nt and Roshi got a chance in the Bundesliga because of his speed, he was always a runner and remained headless player never really improved.
I've never seen Avdijaj play but just cause of the hype surrounding him, it's a safe bet to say hell play his trade at least at a decent level bar any major injury. Mentality- wise very comparable to Besart Berisha, who even after his big injury, if not for burning the bridge with the NT would be an important player for the us even now.
Imo it's safe to say that with any coach not bunkering Avdijaj and Rashica would start infront of Lenjani & Roshi/Lila for the NT, basing it on their club form.
andi2410 wrote:So excited for Avdijaj. Man, in a few years an attacking trio with Manaj up top and Avdijaj and Rashica from the wings. We could really be building something special.
There's a good chance none of them might even start in the future. We all thought Ujkani was our Buffon, until Berisha usurped him completely. We all thought Kabashi was a good player too. Roshi was playing a decent amount of games in Bundesliga at 20 years old.
I think out of all of them only Rashica can make a case for now.
Or both of them could surpass Shaqiri in the future. Kabashi only looked good at the youth level with the nt and Roshi got a chance in the Bundesliga because of his speed, he was always a runner and remained headless player never really improved.
I've never seen Avdijaj play but just cause of the hype surrounding him, it's a safe bet to say hell play his trade at least at a decent level bar any major injury. Mentality- wise very comparable to Besart Berisha, who even after his big injury, if not for burning the bridge with the NT would be an important player for the us even now.
Imo it's safe to say that with any coach not bunkering Avdijaj and Rashica would start infront of Lenjani & Roshi/Lila for the NT, basing it on their club form.
andi2410 wrote:So excited for Avdijaj. Man, in a few years an attacking trio with Manaj up top and Avdijaj and Rashica from the wings. We could really be building something special.
There's a good chance none of them might even start in the future. We all thought Ujkani was our Buffon, until Berisha usurped him completely. We all thought Kabashi was a good player too. Roshi was playing a decent amount of games in Bundesliga at 20 years old.
I think out of all of them only Rashica can make a case for now.
Or both of them could surpass Shaqiri in the future. Kabashi only looked good at the youth level with the nt and Roshi got a chance in the Bundesliga because of his speed, he was always a runner and remained headless player never really improved.
I've never seen Avdijaj play but just cause of the hype surrounding him, it's a safe bet to say hell play his trade at least at a decent level bar any major injury. Mentality- wise very comparable to Besart Berisha, who even after his big injury, if not for burning the bridge with the NT would be an important player for the us even now.
Imo it's safe to say that with any coach not bunkering Avdijaj and Rashica would start infront of Lenjani & Roshi/Lila for the NT, basing it on their club form.
I saw Avdijaj play a week or two ago and he was very impressive. Always wants the ball and when gets it he runs straight towards the goal.
Going to watch Rashica tonight on a very important and difficult away game as his team Vitesse takes on PSV. Vitesse needs points to reach Europa League. And PSV needs to for the Championship and they are motivated since draw of Ajax few days ago...
May be able to post sth. via twitter or Periscope...
Ervin wrote:Going to watch Rashica tonight on a very important and difficult away game as his team Vitesse takes on PSV. Vitesse needs points to reach Europa League. And PSV needs to for the Championship and they are motivated since draw of Ajax few days ago...
May be able to post sth. via twitter or Periscope...
I've watched the last 5 or 6 Vitesse games and they suck, since they've changed coach they have been awful. Rashica has to drop too deep which limits him. A lot of their players are awful aswell.
So PSV won against Vitesse 2-0... Rashica played the complete 90', First 70' mid-right and last 20' mid-left. Immediately after switching to left he had also his best chance. a great shot which was unfortunately blocked by Bruma. Overall a good game for him with many good assists which unfortunately did not reach the net. First half was mostly PSV all over but second half was much more balanced and exciting. After the game met Rashica shortly for a photo moment and a small chat. Seemed like a very good lad. Not happy of course for not scoring and especially for the one missed nice shot. He did say that left side was his natural position. Wrt. to call up in Luxembourg he said he did not have much chance to stay longer after the game with the team or coach. To the recent media hype he did not seem very much influenced which I think is a good sign for a pro-footballer. So of course he remains hopeful for the euros and in my opinion he should. But it's going to be only 23 of them... Time will tell...
