Albanian Football Forum

Aurora Bulkualis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:47 pm Great win. Still have work to do. Gotta beat Moldova away and Czechs at home to guarantee qualification.

Just Faroe Islands and Moldova guarantee us qualification if we beat them. Czech result doesn't have to matter.

See you boys in Germany

Princ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:51 pm Albania looking better than ever!

Great performance from start to finish! It is the most convincing victory against a top team that I have ever seen with my eyes! Congratulations to everybody!

We ran them out the building tonight! EURO 2024 HERE WE COME!

And... we did it playing great football as well. Not that defensive park the bus ball shite we did with Reja or Di Biasi, we played actual nice football and outplayed them in terms of game as well.

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:50 pm Credit to Sylvinho. He has coached a masterful qualification in his first ever qualifying campaign as manager.

This qualification is largely down to his choices. He prioritised guys like Asani, Ramadani, Mitaj, Asllani, Daku who have all been vital and getting the best out of them.

Clear of Reja easily

AND ONTO THE EUROS WE GO

Sylvinho has an eye for talent! We are now playing at our full potential!

3-2 aggregate so far against the top 2 seeds in the group, with 4 points in 3 matches to show for it!

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:51 pm

Aurora Bulkualis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:47 pm Great win. Still have work to do. Gotta beat Moldova away and Czechs at home to guarantee qualification.

Just Faroe Islands and Moldova guarantee us qualification if we beat them. Czech result doesn't have to matter.

Forgot it's EUROs, so 2nd qualifies.

But anyhow. Let's get 1st place regardless. It'll be a huge confidence booster for when we're playing WC qualis.

Sylvinho deserves credit for:

- Going back to 4 defenders. Wasting another midfielder/striker for the sake of a CB was dumb.

- Playing Bajrami/Asllani together. This duo is killer and gives us control of midfield. No need to play 20 anti-footballers in the center.

- Discovering guys like Asani/Daku

He still sucks with some player selection like Cikalleshi, Seferi, Muci, etc... He's gotta change that shit.

Mitaj is only 20 I forget because he looks so old but on the ball he’s so fucking good.

Ramadani, I’ve never been so wrong about a player, his stamina is UNREAL

Aurora Bulkualis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:57 pm Sylvinho deserves credit for:

- Going back to 4 defenders. Wasting another midfielder/striker for the sake of a CB was dumb.

- Playing Bajrami/Asllani together. This duo is killer and gives us control of midfield. No need to play 20 anti-footballers in the center.

- Discovering guys like Asani/Daku

He still sucks with some player selection like Cikalleshi, Seferi, Muci, etc... He's gotta change that shit.

Ramadani too. He's actually very solid and all-round.

Once Cikalleshi goes we will play a beautiful style of football. Maybe Daku is the one.

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:52 pm And... we did it playing great football as well. Not that defensive park the bus ball shite we did with Reja or Di Biasi, we played actual nice football and outplayed them in terms of game as well.

Absolutely!

Albania is playing some of the best football I have ever seen! Scoring goals and imposing our will like never before! With De Biasi, we could squeeze out wins against big teams 1-0, but running them over by multiple goals is something very new to us all!

Keep this up and we may see Albania in the EURO 2024 knockouts!

I like Daku. He isn't flashy but he has some very solid characteristics.

He's tall and fairly strong and his best attribute would be his touch, which is amazing for his height.

He has the size and the technique to be effective as a target man and outlet for the players, which wasn't true of past strikers like Cika or Manaj who had strength but bad technique so it would not stick.

He also has a good goal record indicating he may be a good finisher. Size, touch, finishing.