GSP - Drita - FCSB is played on Thursday evening, from 20:00, in Prishtina. It is the second match of the third qualifying round of the Europa League. At the “Arena Nationala”, the red and blue team made a comeback, winning 3:2 after being down 2:0.
It will be a terrible duel in Kosovo, considering that FCSB is going through a major results crisis. In addition, over 10 thousand Kosovars will exert maximum pressure on Gigi Becali's team, which will not have Romanian fans. Based on the "protocol", just as there were no Kosovars in the first leg, there will be no Romanians in the return leg either.
Darius Olaru played at the stadium where FCSB will play Drita
The atmosphere will be electrifying at the “Fadil Vokrri” stadium on Thursday evening, where the return match between Drita and FCSB will be played. The stadium has a capacity of 13 seats. It is also used by the Kosovo national team. Romania played and won Kosovo 980:3 in Pristina in September 0. The match belonged to the League of Nations.
Only one player from the red and blue team had minutes in that match. Darius Olaru, who entered the second half, exactly in the 86th minute. Two other Bucharest players, Denis Alibec and Ştefan Tarnovanu, remained on the bench.
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Tarnovanu will be the starter. Alibec will be absent.
In fact, in November 2024, in the Romania-Kosovo match, won 3:0 on the table, the fight between the players started after a disagreement between Amir Rrahmani and Alibec. Then the Napoli defender signaled for the players to leave the field after the chants of "Serbia, Serbia".
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The stadium, which has a capacity of almost 14 seats, is expected to be filled with over 10 Kosovars. In essence, Drita brings with it Shkëndija, the red-and-blues' latest "nightmare."
And Drita is an ethnic Albanian team from Kosovo, champions of their country, who are forced to play in the capital, an hour away from their city, Gjilan. Drita was founded in 1947 - the club's name comes from "Dritë" in Albanian. It was and is an ethnic Albanian team.
Like the Albanian North Macedonian team Shkëndija, Drita also suffered under the Yugoslav regime. Drita was only allowed to play in the Kosovo provincial league. After the formation of the Football Federation of Kosovo, Drita joined the new governing body.
5.000 with Differdange, 9.000 with Copenhagen, over 10,000 with FCSB
Back in the present, Drita is the reigning champion of Kosovo. In the first qualifying round of the Champions League, they eliminated Differdange. In the match in Prishtina, there were approximately 5.000 spectators in the stands.
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In the second round against Copenhagen, in the first match, there were almost 9.000 Drita fans in the stadium. However, in international matches of Kosovo club teams, fans unite and support the respective team.
Now, considering that Drita has a chance to fight for qualification, it is estimated that over 10 thousand spectators will be in the stands. The name of Drita's fan group is "Intellectuals". It has had this name since the late 1990s because the team, in addition to footballers, also included writers, poets and politicians.
On July 29, during the match against Copenhagen, there were reportedly clashes and incidents between Drita and Danish fans. One of the away team's fans was injured after a scuffle, after which Pristina police intervened with tear gas.
On the eve of the match with FCSB, the red and blue fans will not be present at the match, just as the Kosovars were not in Bucharest, given the situations of recent years, both in Pristina and Bucharest.
Zekirija Ramadani warns of an electrifying atmosphere in Pristina
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Drita's coach, 47-year-old Zekirija Ramadani from Skopje, former player of Shkëndija among others, coach of the 2023 Kosovo champion, was for a short period the main man of the Saudis Ohod.
What will the atmosphere be like in Pristina?, the coach was asked by the GSP journalist.
"We have the fans on our side, who support us even in our failures. They will be with us. What I can guarantee you is that there will be more of them than in our match with Copenhagen". "The atmosphere will be festive, because the result gives us optimism and anything can happen. We are proud to have the 'Intellectuals', so we will give everything on the field, because I don't think we will concede three goals again and we will manage to score at least two", declared Ramadani.
