Albania disappoints with the Faroe Islands, but the draw takes them to the European as the first group E

In an electrifying atmosphere, last night's match between Albania and the Faroe Islands started, in a stadium that was colored all red and black, with a presence in the full capacity of the plant in "Air Albania". obviously, both sides were calm in this duel, starting from the fact that Albania had secured the qualification, while the Faroe Islands in the last place simply played to produce a quality and dignified game. Coach Silvinjo had fielded an 11 with many changes, where Strakosha, Balliu, Bare, Daku and Uzuni played from the first minute. This is also due to the fact that the coach wanted those who had received less minutes in the big duels of the last months to play.

The first part

The first minutes are difficult, as the friends have height and dominate physically, even though we have control of the ball. Even the first shot on goal was registered by the Faroe Islands in the 9th minute. For minutes on the field there are fierce duels and a strong tactical game, while there are interruptions because two friendly players were injured. The first chance for ours was recorded in the 35th minute, with a shot by Bajrami from outside the area that was stopped by the goalkeeper of the Faroe Islands. At the end of the first half, our team would somehow increase the volume in the attack, where it creates two chances, first with Uzun and then with Daku. The latter in the last minute of this part was very close to the goal, but the friendly goalkeeper made a super save.

Second part

Coach Silvinho was expected to make changes so that the team could see more of the attack. But as the minutes pass the game falls into apathy and ours are hissed by fans who want more attack and more enthusiasm from the players. In the 61st minute, Silvinjo intervenes and activates Laçi and Muçolli in the midfield instead of Bare and Uzun. The game gets a little lively and ours try to find space. The best case is that of Asan with a shot from inside the area in the 67th minute, but the ball deflects and ends up outside. But the friends defend themselves with many forces and stand at the right height. In the 72nd, Asllani tries a header from outside the area, but without success, the ball ends up on the crossbar. In the 74th, Daku comes out and Cikalleshi enters, but he immediately receives a yellow card for a wrong intervention. The tempo of the game drops again, and it's even the Faroe Islands who apply the pressure. Even though coach Silvinjo introduced Muchi at the end, the game of the Reds and Blacks still did not have the required height. Minute by minute the Faroe Islands managed the defense quite well and managed to get a point in the end. So a 0-0 draw, a disappointing result, and yet Albania keeps the first place in group E, with 15 points, the same as the Czech Republic, which beat Moldova 3-0 last night and finished second. How Albanians and Czechs go to Europe. The Faroe Islands remain in last place with 2 points, but it was a successful elimination campaign for them, as they did not finish with zero points as many small teams do. Points were taken from Albanians and Moldovans. Poland was the biggest disappointment of these qualifiers. The Poles finished in third place with 11 points. Meanwhile, Moldova finished in fourth place with 10 points, but had an interesting and quite exciting qualifying campaign.