Albanian Football Forum

Simboli i Diellit wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:45 pm Bajrami should retire. Ex footballer.

redfootballsv2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:53 pm Sylvinho coached a win, the players refused.

Sometimes you cannot hide the quality of your players forever. We have been consistently outplaying much bigger sides and we did it again today, the ball just didn't go in, meanwhile they had two great strikes from star players.

That can happen. The tactics were great and we put out a very good performance away against Poland.

Raketa wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:57 pm

redfootballsv2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:53 pm Sylvinho coached a win, the players refused.

Sometimes you cannot hide the quality of your players forever. We have been consistently outplaying much bigger sides and we did it again today, the ball just didn't go in, meanwhile they had two great strikes from star players.

That can happen. The tactics were great and we put out a very good performance away against Poland.

I agree..

First Polish goal was individual mistake. Happens..

Second Polish goal was excellent. Nothing you can do about that..

We had chances too but didn’t have the composure to take them..

Overall gameplay and preparation was very good..

Aurora Bulkuolis wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:00 pm The sad part is in 4 years, Djimsiti won't be here anymore. That was the last chance for him at a WC. Even in today's game he was a rock. Ajeti will be gone too, so our options are thinning out.

Cana/Mavraj were at the core of DB era, but we struggled to find a replacement for them. Djimsiti slowly rose and took over, but he never had a permanent partner. Unfortunately, Ismajli and Kumbulla are just too injury prone, and have never looked good together.

Aurora Bulkuolis wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:00 pm The sad part is in 4 years, Djimsiti won't be here anymore. That was the last chance for him at a WC. Even in today's game he was a rock. Ajeti will be gone too, so our options are thinning out.

Cana/Mavraj were at the core of DB era, but we struggled to find a replacement for them. Djimsiti slowly rose and took over, but he never had a permanent partner. Unfortunately, Ismajli and Kumbulla are just too injury prone, and have never looked good together.

Raketa wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:55 pm 30 minutes away..

Closest we ever came to World Cup..

redfootballsv2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:01 pm

Raketa wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:57 pm

redfootballsv2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:53 pm Sylvinho coached a win, the players refused.

Sometimes you cannot hide the quality of your players forever. We have been consistently outplaying much bigger sides and we did it again today, the ball just didn't go in, meanwhile they had two great strikes from star players.

That can happen. The tactics were great and we put out a very good performance away against Poland.

I agree..

First Polish goal was individual mistake. Happens..

Second Polish goal was excellent. Nothing you can do about that..

We had chances too but didn’t have the composure to take them..

Overall gameplay and preparation was very good..

People won't want to hear it but Manaj would have been useful in this game, he was in good form for the NT.

Even Daku or a natural striker for those chances to fall to.

Anyway, we are proud of the team, great campaign, just bottled it at the final hurdle, but the progress we've made since Sylvinho took charge is tremendous.

He's probably leaving to pastures new but we should be grateful for his work, hopefully they get the next appointment right in the same way. I honestly don't see many managers producing the same results with this team, which is much weaker on paper than it is on the field.

canayoudoit2 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:00 pm

Blew the best possible chance . Bye Sylvinho I won’t miss
you