Photos from the match http://futbolli.myfreeforum.org/vie...cent&filter=Schaffhausen+-+Shqiperi+1-3&go=Go
Poland must be going through some tough times. They got thrashed by the US at home 3-0 a couple of months ago.
Doesn't look like this will be a real friendly game. Poland has played two games in the last couple of days, so I doubt they will field their best team against us.
Macedonia is not a pushover, they've gotten some good results in the qualifiers. Having said that anything other than a win against the Poles should be considered a failure.
Albania - Poland 0-1 Goals: Żurawski 3' Albania: Hidi; Vangjeli, Curri, Dallku, Lila (Vrapi 46'); Skela, Cana, Lala (Bulku 72'), Duro (Hyka 46'); Bogdani (Kapllani 46'), Salihi (Bylykbashi 80') Tr. Arie Haan Poland: Fabiański, Wasilewski, Bąk, Żewłakow (Kokoszka 9), Wawrzyniak, Łobodziński (Saganowski 80), Lewandowski, Dudka (Pazdan 81), Guerreiro (Smolarek 46), Krzynówek (Murawski 81), Żurawski (Zahorski 61) Tr. Leo Beenhakker
Kunder Polonise 11 ndeshje, 1 fitore Ndeshja e djeshme e kombetares tone kunder Polonise ku keta te fundit fituan me rezultatin e ngushte 1-0 ishte e 11-ta midis dy skuadrave. Ne kete ndeshje Shqiperia ka pesuar humbjen e shtate kunder polakeve ndersa tre takime jane mbyllur ne barazim dhe shqiptaret kane arritu nje fitore. Historia midis Shqiperise dhe Polonise ka filluar ne 6 nentor te vitit 1949 ne Varshave ku polaket fituan ne nje ndeshje miqesore 2-1. Fitorja e vetme per shqiptaret ka qene ne ndeshjen miqesore ne Tirane ne 29 nentor 1953 ku kombetarja jone fitoi 2-0. Tre barazimet kane ardhur ne vitin 1950 ne Tirane 0-0, ne vitin 1971 perseri ne Tirane me rezultatin 1-1 dhe nje nga rezultatet me te mira te kombetares tone 2-2 ne Mielec ne 31 tetor 1884, kunder nje Polonie qe renditej nder skuadrat me te mira ne bote. FutbolliShqiptar.net
Berisha is not a playmaker though. They didnt do bad as a team, but the defense was horrible. Curri and Dallku in the center do not work. Vangjeli did pretty good though.
Well at least he could dribble someone, and he s good assist, and he s fast. Vangjeli and Cana play good most of the time. Skela, Salihi, Curri, Dallku are ok. We need a good center defense, a good midfielder instead of Duro, and a fast forward who can dribble and has a good shot instead of Bogdani and Kapllani.
Bogdani is way better than Salihi. He's experienced and if you give him some crosses he will score. But against Poland, Bogdani had to do the crossing himself and created our only chance.
He sure looks like it. Hopefully he moves to a big team soon. We need to field a technical team, because with power and physical play we can not keep up with anyone. We should have Cana in defensive midfield, and then 4 creative midfielder supporting a lone striker. Maybe Skela, Hyka, Berisha and maybe Bakaj. But the most important thing is the central defenders. We need to try all the ones playing abroad as soon as possible.
Rumor has it that he's moving to Dinamo Zagreb and Baric has been propping him up. (edit: I just realized that I was quoting form the articile you posted in the "transfers & rumors" thread)) I think we do have some physicality especially in defense and up top but not so much in the midfield. Players like Dallku, Curri, Cana, Bogdani and Berisha could match up with the best. Even a relatively small player by stature like Vangjeli is very physical, at least when I saw him marking Van Persie in Qemal Stafa.
Dallku is not strong in my opinion. Vangjeli hustles a lot but he's very week. His strong point is that he's a good faker and he goes to the ground as soon as they touch him. Cana, Bogdani and Berisha maybe can keep up with most players strength wise, but we're still very week as a team. Even Cana doesn't play strong even though he has the ability to do so. Our strongest players are barely average compared to other teams, but I think we do have some very creative players which are very rare now days.
well guys say goodbye to Lorik Cana, Besart Berisha, Debatik Curri, Armend Dallku, and Arjan Beqaj. Kosova got accepted into FIFA and UEFA today. other players that will be representing kosova national team are Faton Toski, Perparim Hetemaj, Mehmet Hetemaj, Valon Behrami, Labinot Halitit, Samir Ujkani, and ect. FIFA begins process to admit Kosovo Football Association of Kosovo took its first big step toward FIFA membership after the sport's world governing body offered its support for the newly independent country's bid. President of Football Association of Kosovo Fadil Vokrri and General Secretary Edmond Rugova spoke to FIFA president Sep Blatter and general secretary Urs Linsi in Sydney. President Blatter welcomed Football Association of Kosovo to the world football family and explained why the process of affiliation of FFK into world football organization has been done through the faster procedure. President Blatter said that FFK was not a new association but it had existed within the Football Association of Yugoslavia, which gave it all conditions to become FIFA member in a short term. A FIFA statement said: "During the meeting, which was also attended by the FIFA and FFK general secretaries, a number of issues were discussed including the various ways FIFA can support the development of football in Kosovo and the FFK during this process of affiliation, such as in the implementation of the FIFA transfer regulations and the establishment of the list of international referees." President Blatter and general secretary Linsi said that FFK may count on any help by FIFA. The documentation about the process of affiliation will be prepared and presented at that meeting and forwarded to UEFA. Kosovo acceptance UEFA's Executive Committee decided to accept the Football Association of Kosovo as a provisional member, following the dissolution of the Football Association of Yugoslavia, and the membership question will now be put to UEFA's next Congress in Dusseldorf in July.
Won't be the end of the world. We have players abroad that can come in. A few of them are moving abroad this summer also.
at UEFA.com says: The application of the Kosovo football association, would be handled in accordance with the procedure foreseen in the UEFA Statutes (see in particular Art. 5 para 1).
Wow you sound so excited as if they were playing for Serbia and not Albania. Best of luck to the Kosova FA and hope their application is approved in a timely manner. If those players do indeed depart I will sorely miss them. I will forever be grateful to them for immense contribution to our national team. They played their hearts out.