The president of the Albanian Football Federation, Armand Duka, has lined up numerous criticisms of the Albanian football players, after the failure in the League of Nations.
Albania started the fourth edition of this competition with a 2:1 victory over Ukraine, while on Tuesday evening it lost with the same result in "Air Albania" in Tirana, yes from Ukraine.
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support ContributeThe "Reds" from six games had two wins, one draw and three defeats and remained in last place with seven points and fell to the C League.
Georgia also had seven points, but a better score.
Group B1 was won by the Czech Republic with 11 points, while Ukraine finished second with eight points.
"It started well and we finished badly in this Nations League competition, we lost the main game, the decisive one, but it's not like we shone in most of the games. We were really upset, maybe because we created too many expectations. After we calm down, we must analyze this competition well", Duka started the long article on Wednesday on his official Facebook account.
President Duka praised the opponents, saying they were of high quality, but said that after the good campaign in "Euro 2024" in Germany, Albania would have to do more.
Albania in the summer finished in last place with one point in Group B of the European Championship, behind eventual tournament winners Spain, Italy and Croatia.
Albania had two defeats, from Spain and Italy, while they drew with Croatia.
"Despite the fact that we were not where we deserve to be, I am still convinced, and not just me, that we have excellent boys and a team with many qualities. The presence in Europe gave us more strength and confidence, but the real strength is continuity. No path of complacency should prevent us from doing much better than in the European qualifiers. The matches we closed are the object of reflection and analysis and let them serve as an emergency turning point for everyone, looking at things calmly and not at all with emotion to find guilty and innocent!", continued the president of the AFL.
President Duka has written that Albania now aims for historic advancement, in the World Championship in the USA, Canada and Mexico in 2026.
He also appreciated the "red" fans a lot.