"Fire" week in the Superiore, coaches ignite the championship

2025-02-14 18:52:00, Sport CNA

The 25th week of the Superiore will take place this weekend, and it features spectacular confrontations between contenders and teams fighting for survival.

This Saturday, the two main contenders, Egnatia and Partizani, face each other in Rrogozhina.

On the eve of this match, coach Edlir Tetova stated that he expects continuity and winning performance from the Egnatia team.

"Many games have fallen to the main players, we haven't had many opportunities to make changes in the lineup, but the guys who are ready will grit their teeth for this game. I'm not thinking about revenge, but we want continuity and not to lose the rhythm we had this year. I think it's very important to win now, we have to be more careful in the future not to concede goals. It's a mini "Final Four" as we face Partizan and Dinamo with Vllaznia and of course this is an element as the 4 best teams are playing at the moment."

On the other hand, Partizan coach Veselinovic praised Egnatia, but emphasized that on the field they will be the best team in recent weeks.

The match between Dinamo and Vllaznia will also be a spectacular one. The coach of the capital, Ilir Daja, admitted that the Shkodran team is coming at a very good moment, but added that his team is going to win.

"This week the top four teams clash with each other, us with Vllaznia and Egnatia with Partizan, but it will take many weeks to get to the 'Final 4'. This is a very difficult match with Vllaznia, because we are not in the same positions, not because of the points, because the difference is small.

Vllaznia is better psychologically, coming after some positive matches, while we have had oscillations in terms of results due to our problems. Our matches with Vllaznia are beautiful, we are the two teams that have scored the most goals.

Against Vllaznia, there was no lack of spectacle, but this time we should not see this part. We need to be pragmatic. We know that we are facing a Vllaznia team in a very good moment.

We have been missing some starters, starting with captain Dita. And these absences have meant that we are not in the best shape. In football, quality players make the difference and our team has been missing 5-6 players these weeks. That is why we have had oscillations, which surpass all teams. We have tried to focus on the players we have had available, and we will do so this time too.

We have added 2-3 more players to our training, but they are not in their optimal form. All of this is not an excuse for us not to start as equals to Vllaznia. We have had a championship as good as Vllaznia.

"I believe that the match does not resemble the match, what we have done in two phases is archived, we focus on tomorrow's challenge. Both teams play open football and we like that in quotes, just like Vllaznia likes it. I hope we have recovered energy from the match with Teuta. We have no other choice, we will enter the field only to get the victory."

Vllaznia coach Tomas Bërdaric was also convinced of a positive result. The red and blue coach stated that the Shkodra team's objective is to get 3 points.

These two matches will be played on Saturday, along with the match between Bylis and Elbasan, at the "Adush Muça" stadium in Ballshi.

The last two matches of week 25 will take place on Sunday. Laçi will host Teuta at 1:30 PM, while Tirana and Skënderbeu will face off at “Elbasan Arena” at 4:30 PM.