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Defeat with Ukraine, Silvino honest: It was difficult to react after Poland

2026-04-01 00:10:00, Sport CNA

Defeat with Ukraine, Silvino honest: It was difficult to react after Poland

Albania suffered its second consecutive defeat in a few days. After the minimal defeat to Ukraine in a friendly, the national team coach, Silvinjo, admitted that the Rossoneri had a hard time reacting after the elimination by Poland.

At the press conference, Silvino highly praised Ukraine, while emphasizing that Albania was unable to recover its energy.

"I have to be honest, it was difficult to react after the defeat to Poland. Imagine that we had the only chance in our lives, as a country and federation, to go to the World Cup, it was the first time for us. The expectations were very high, we were playing 100% and more against Poland, we had a part of the match in our hands. At the end of the match it was difficult to accept. It was difficult to work as a team and the opportunity to react, to come and play here against a good team like Ukraine, with good players. This is an incredible team, I saw the match against Sweden, I could see how many good players you had. Then when you talk about football, you concede 3 goals, you are out. But thinking about our team it was very difficult, we spent a lot of energy to come here and we tried to do well in our minds. We did not recover well, to be honest, if we talk about the aspect mental.”

Silvinho stated that he is upset about this loss, while adding that it was difficult to manage the last minutes.

"I said I'll be happy if I win? If you win the game, you are, if not, definitely not. The performance was also difficult, to recover the players mentally. We all tried, even the federation. It's very difficult for us, it's a difficult opponent. But when you're here, in the play-offs, you can imagine that you can go first, we didn't manage it. Poland was a difficult result, I repeat how the game ended, it was difficult to manage the last 25-30 minutes. I have nothing to say, I'm upset. Congratulations to Ukraine, see you next time."

Albania's next matches will be in June and it remains to be seen whether Silvinjo will be the coach then, or whether there may be changes on the bench.





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