Egnatia makes the next surprise, defeats Laçi and goes to the semi-finals of the Cup

The Cup of Albania closed its engagements with the quarterfinals yesterday and now the names of the four semi-finalist teams have been announced. Undoubtedly, the qualification of Egnatia can be called a surprise at this level, which beat Laçi 3-0 in the transfer and with this convincing success secures not only the semi-final, but appears as a contender team to win the trophy and if it succeeds, it automatically goes to the Conference League. Finally, participation in UEFA competitions is the main objective of the Albanian teams. With yesterday's success, Rrogozhinas have not only surprised, but they are becoming a team that now even their rivals for the title in the Super League fear.

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Egnatia makes a surprise in Laç and qualifies for the first time in history, in the semifinals of the Cup of Albania. The Rrogozhin team managed to win with a clean score of 0-3 in Kurbin, securing the ticket for the next round. The first match at "Egnatia Arena" had ended in a goalless draw and the locals were clearly favorites, however, the field spoke in favor of the Rogozhinas. Medeiros scored the winning goal in the 20th minute for Egnatia, who found the net two more times in the second half. First it was Kasa who scored the second, and then Mediros completed his personal double and sealed Egnatia's qualification, when the timer marked the 66th minute of the match. Egnatia thus becomes the third semi-finalist team of the Cup of Albania, after Tirana and Teuta, as the foursome is completed in the evening, with the qualifier of the Partizani-Vllaznia pair. On the other hand, Laçi confirms the difficult moment that is going on both in the championship and in the Cup, as rarely in the last 10 years, the chances of participating in Europe are close to zero.

Tetova: Egnatia aims to participate in the European Cups

After the challenge, the coach of Rogozhina, Edlir Tetova, spoke. "I said in the first match that this challenge would be unpredictable. Everything went the way we wanted, thankfully they didn't score any goals and Sherri made some good saves. In the second half we played very well, I congratulate Kasa for the goal he scored. This is a match that is decided by situations, we knew that we would be attacked, we saved the first half. Everything spoke for us in the second half. We have tried to go towards the goal in the Superior Division, I have only good words for the boys who are doing well on all fronts. It is enough for Egnatia to be in the European Cups. I am very pleased, and we dedicate this triumph to all the citizens of Rrogozhina. With our feet on the ground and let's move forward", he said.

Cup, quarterfinals

The results of the first matches are in brackets

Tuesday, March 14

Tirana-Kastrioti 2-2 (4-0)

Kukësi-Teuta 2-1 (0-2)

Wednesday, March 15

Laçi-Egnatia 0-3 (0-0)

Partizani-Vllaznia 16:00 (1-3)