
The World Cup dream was crushed in Warsaw. The Albanian national team, which lost to Poland in the semi-finals of the World Cup play-offs, missed the chance to get the ticket to the big dream of participating in the final stage of the 2026 World Cup.
Now they must find the strength to look forward, even though from this moment on the Rossoneri will be tested in friendly matches and on Tuesday they will face another team that knows the bitterness of elimination well, Ukraine, eliminated by Sweden, on the same day as our elimination by Poland.
The Albanian national team arrived in Valencia on Friday afternoon, where they are continuing their preparations for the friendly match against Ukraine on March 31, a challenge that unites two national teams with the same pain. The team led by coach Silvinjo held its first training session at the Parador de El Saler center in Valencia on Saturday morning, focusing on physical exercises, ball circulation and tactical schemes.
The 24-player squad was complete and the players are in good physical condition. The friendly match Ukraine-Albania will be played on March 31, at 20:45, at “Estadio Ciutat de València”, Spain.
Although the motivation of the "play-off" has given way to bitterness, this friendly match is Sylvinho's chance to test new solutions, to give minutes to players who have been waiting their turn and to start over.
Ukraine will not be an easy opponent, but perhaps this is precisely the right challenge to show that Albania knows how to react after a setback.
Kombetarja shqiptare nuk u eleminua nga polonia por eleminoj vehten e saje per te kualifikuar polaket.Kjo eshte e verteta dhe e organizuar nga federata,trajneri dhe disa lojtare te kombetares me veprimet dhe mosveprimet.Turp te kene per tradhetine ndaj tifozeve futbolldashes te kombetares !