Abilaliaj: We are afraid of Egnatia's quality. I can have Orges Shehi on the staff

2023-11-10 18:51:34, Sport CNA

Partizani will play against Egnatais in the 13th week of Superior. A clash of "titans" where both teams come to this challenge as leaders of the classification table. Both Rrogozhinas and "Bulls" have 26 points, but the latter have one game less.

On the eve of this challenge that will take place in "Arena Egnatia", Partizan's coach, Arbër Abilaliaji, spoke at a press conference.

"It is a very difficult match. A match that has a different specificity compared to other matches and we have evaluated it to the maximum. An opponent that is atypical compared to others. Compared to other teams, it is quite consolidated and with quality. For this reason, it is at the level it is. I believe it will be a beautiful match, a hard-fought match, but I have the impression that above all it is a match to be won."

-What scares you the most about the opponent?

"I think the quality he has in the front. They are players who have experience and quality as well as physical strength. Undoubtedly, a team that is important, without important qualities up front, cannot achieve the objectives they have set for themselves. They have shown this in these 13 weeks, it is a team that has been consolidated for the way it has played. He dominated a good part of the opponents and deservedly won."

- Do you consider the match against Egnatia as decisive for the season?

"I would not consider it decisive. In addition to the bonus of 3 points, it also gives us a very big moral bonus to increase self-confidence, to increase the process of all the young players we have in the composition, and this is the most important thing. I don't think it is decisive for the championship. We are only in week 13, but there is a game to play. A little regret that it will be played in an unusual schedule for such an important match, but these are the rules and we are obliged to respect them."

"Hadroj has joined the team and conducted training sessions normally. We are more than happy that an important force returns to the team. In the following hours we will look and decide whether it will be an option from the beginning, or in the future. At the moment we speak, only Hadroj has joined the team and is training with full load."

- Alban Hoxha's return from injury?

"Hoxha trained normally. An important point regarding the activation of the goalkeepers is also the coach of the goalkeepers, the one who watches their form and consistency every day. We are calm because until this point it is Albani or Pano, the important thing for the team is that the gate is in safe hands and this is an extraordinary value of the department, of the coaches who work with the goalkeepers."

- With 6 consecutive victories, you equaled the previous record when you were part of that Partizan. The difference between the two teams?

"We can say that period was a good period for the championship and also for Partizan. It was a team that had a lot of qualities in its composition and made a very good progress. It was a championship perhaps not with such great rivalry as it has been in recent times. However, every match we enter to win has its own specificity and is always difficult. You can never win a match by chance, you can do 1, 2 wins but not consecutively. This season's partisan compared to that team has a very important point which is the dynamic part of the intensity of coping with the match. It's a totally different thing compared to the team that played then."

- You had Orges Shehin as a teammate, you will also have a friend in the staff this season...

"Let's see, I had him as a teammate, I can have him as a staff member, that remains to be seen. We are focused only on the match and we don't think about such things because I said once again that this team with this enthusiasm and with this age it is important to focus on the next match, on improving ourselves, on improving qualities. This matters above all else. At the moment when the footballers are aware of the strength they have, of where they are and where they want to go, then I believe that this team has a bright future."

- Are you afraid of any departure during the January market?

"I don't think so, considering that we have made a project for this team to reach maximum maturity in its season, when the European competitions are also held. Never say never in terms of the market because 1 or 2 elements may leave, but I have the impression that this team and this organic have taken measures from the beginning to not suffer departures. Maybe 1 or 2 might go away, but maybe none. Players who return after an exceptionally long break can also be called acquisitions. Hadroj, Mba, Da Silva, Sota can be considered acquisitions. So, in terms of entrances or exits, measures have been taken in this direction as well. 5 less, 5 more, I believe that this team only has the opportunity to do better, because I believe that the quality is the right spirit to move forward."