Albanian Football Forum

DigBick wrote:I hope these Sokolled "strikers" of ours perform in this game.

He scored one goal and assisted twice in Croatian cup today. His team is in the semifinals now vs Hajduk Split .

Dragoi wrote:

DigBick wrote:I hope these Sokolled "strikers" of ours perform in this game.

He scored one goal and assisted twice in Croatian cup today. His team is in the semifinals now vs Hajduk Split .

Balaj or Cikalleshi, who should start?

Our strikers usually get the most backlash, even though our midfield can't string 2-3 decent passes together. Our strikers suck like most of the guys on our team, but it would help if we could hold up play a little longer.

We only play with one anyway. The fact that we play with 5 midfielders (the ones that De Biasi plays) and none have any skills worries me the most.

Shpati wrote: We only play with one anyway. The fact that we play with 5 midfielders (the ones that De Biasi plays) and none have any skills worries me the most.

Thats pretty funny

No Vila? No Bulku? Am i dreaming?

Noone from Balaj and Cika should start, Gashi upfront !! As long as we use Kaçe in our middle nothing will pass.

Here's the list of the 17 definite spots and 5 more players will be announced. Im guessing Basha, Memushaj, some random forward(lets hope Avdijaj rather than kraplani), Aliji and probably Rama

Etrit Berisha
Alban Hoxha
Lorik Cana
Mërgim Mavraj
Arlind Ajeti
Ansi Agolli
Elseid Hysaj
Andi Lila
Emir Lenjani
Alban Meha
Taulant Xhaka
Ergys Kaçe
Amir Abrashi
Shkëlzen Gashi
Odise Roshi
Bekim Balaj
Sokol Cikalleshi


Armenia's List

GK

Roman Berezovsky "Dynamo Moscow"
Gevorg Kasparov "Mika"
Arsen Beglaryan "Ulisses"

Defenders

Hovhannes Hambardzoumyan "Vardar"
Robert Arzumanyan "Amkar"
Hrayr Mkoyan "Esteghlal"
Gael Andonian "Olympique Marseille"
Levon Ayrapetyan "Pyunik"
Taron Voskanyan "Pyunik"
Varazdat Haroyan "Pyunik"
Kamo Hovhannisyan "Pyunik"

Midfield

Karlen Mkrtchyan "Tobol"
Arthur Yedigaryan "Dynamo Minsk"
Artak Yedigaryan "Zalgiris"
Edgar Manucharyan "Ural"
Henrik Mkhitaryan "Borussia Dortmund"
Gevorg Ghazaryan "Kerkyra"
Marcos Pizzelli "Aktobe"
Artyom Simonyan "FC Zürich"
Norayr Aslanyan "Almere City"
Zaven Badoyan "Pyunik"

Sriker

Yura Movsisyan "Spartak Moscow"
Artur Sarkisov "Volga"
Ruslan Koryan "Lokomotiv Tashkent"


Not even one professional defender on their list. Andonian is a youth player and not even Armenian.

i didn't even know roshi was healthy. no surprises on that list though. looking forward to seeing who the other five guys are. hopefully five young guys that can be capped.

I think he might add some superliga players just to fill the spots. Don't see Kapllani there at all and probably he could get Avdijaj just to please him. Memushaj deserves to be in the list , if Basha isn't on top form then he should play along with Meha and Kaçe .

I would like this lineup

Berisha
Hysaj-Cana-Mavraj-Agolli/Lenjani
Xhaka - Kaçe
Roshi - Memushaj - Meha
------- Gashi -----

That Agolli/Lenjani just looks dreadful. I'd rather have Gashi slightly behind Balaj.

It's going to be interesting. Armenia is definitely going to come on and just attack. Does Albania attack their weak defense and leave themselves more prone to the counterattack? On the other hand, if Albania treats them like they did Portugal and Denmark, they aren't exposing Armenia's biggest weakness.

Oddly, this is De Biasi's most tricky game. Portugal and Denmark were sort of simple (just keep 11 guys behind the ball and hope they fck up).

I grew a little more optimistic since Armenia's coach basically said they are going to go full attack for 3 points so he doesn't get fired. Albania should have an easier time countering. I think that Italy friendly showed the best way to beat Albania. You don't play with such a high pace, just keep it slow and organized. Force Albania to actually play some football on their own(which they aren't good at), don't do them any favors.