A good second half was not enough for Albania in the match against Ukraine.
On Tuesday night at "Air Albania", the red and black were defeated 2:1 in the last match of the fourth edition of the League of Nations.
The defeat caused Albania to fall to League C for the next edition of the League of Nations. Albania needed the win to hope for first place in the group. But victory was far from over and the loss meant that the Reds and Blacks remained last in Group B1 of the League of Nations.
Albania has seven points, the same as Georgia. Since the balance in the mutual matches is equal, the ranking was decided by the overall score, where Georgia is better.
Albania started the match very badly, even though it was playing in front of its fans. In the fifth minute, Oleksandr Zinchenko scored for Ukraine's 1:0 lead.
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The Ukrainians took advantage of a wrong position in Albania's defense and scored the goal early. It wasn't long before Thomas Strakosha scored the second goal. Again a bad defense cost expensive in the tenth minute, when Roman Yaremchuk scored for 2:0.
Albania did nothing in the first half. In the 45th minute, Ernest Muçi made a dangerous shot and that was it.
The second half was quite different. Nedim Bajrami replaced Jasir Asani, while Myrto Uzuni replaced Mirlind Daku. In the 51st minute, Ernest Muçi left the field due to injury and Arbër Hoxha came in his place.
The changes were shot.
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Uzuni secured a penalty, which Nedim Bajrami converted into a goal in the 75th minute.
Albania continued with attacks and had several more scoring opportunities. But without sending the ball into the flow. And so victory went to Ukraine, who finish second in the group with eight points. The Czech Republic won the group with 11 points. that advances to League A for the next edition of the League of Nations.
