The coach of the Balkans, Ilir Daja, said that this was the maximum of his team against Viktoria Plzeň, considering the lack of players he had for this match.
Balkan suffered 1:0 from Plzen in Tirana, in the penultimate match of Group C of the Conference League.
After the match, the coach of the Balkans said that his team had a good performance, especially in the first half, but in the second, he failed to refresh the team in the positions where he could have aimed for victory over Pilsen - in the wings.
"It was a very well played first half, we had problems with absences, but this is not to justify the loss, but where we could have refreshed the team at the end of the second half, we had three injured players . At such a moment when you want to refresh the team in those positions where you can ask for victory, you have no options. In the end, it is part of this long and tiring journey, not only for the team but especially for players like Dellova, Zyba and Kuç who have not rested a single day due to commitments with representatives. This is the maximum in the absence of the contingent of players, since the injury of Kryeziu in the last training, made us change things. It should not be forgotten that we faced a team with great experience in European competitions, while for us it is only the second year in Europe", said Daja.
