EURO U-17 qualifiers, Albania loses to the Netherlands in "Air Albania"

2024-10-12 17:31:00, Sport CNA

EURO U-17 qualifiers, Albania loses to the Netherlands in "Air

Albania U-17, Source: FFF

Albania U-17 played today the second match of group 3 of the first round of the U-17 European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands. In the "Air Albania" stadium, the tulips won with the result 5-0.

Coach Andrea Tedesco started the match against Holland with this starting line-up: Raffaele Huli (GK), Darli Kurti, Kris Gecaj (C), Andreas Llana, Lucas Cekrezi, Fabjano Nuhaj, Ernesto Marqueshi, Gabriel Kulla, Rikardo Sheji, Emiljano Mihana, Alex Ramku.

Albania started the match well and had a golden opportunity to score in the 8th minute with Mihana. Thanks to a personal action, the attacker advanced towards the area and tried a shot, but was stopped by the goalkeeper.

The Netherlands took the lead in the 11th minute through Chivano Wijks. Tulipans scored the second goal in the 21st with Emre Unuvar. The first half ended 2-0 for the Netherlands.

Albania came very close to the goal in the 54th with Mihana. After a perfect arc by Llana in the area, the red and black attacker tried a shot, but was stopped by the goalkeeper.

In the second half, the Netherlands scored three more goals with Ayoub Ouarghi, Pharrel Nash and Jairo Beerens.

The Reds tried until the end to find the way to the net, but without success. The match ended 5-0 for the Netherlands.

And today, the other match of group 3 took place, Croatia - Faroe Islands. The meeting played in the "House of Football" ended with a deep victory of Croatia 7-0.

Albania's third and last group game is against the Faroe Islands, scheduled for October 15, at 1:30 p.m. and will be played at the "Egnatia Arena" stadium.

At the same time, the next match of the Croatia-Netherlands group will take place in the "House of Football".

Group 3 – matches of the first round of the 2025 European Championship for the U-17 age group

Albania - Croatia 1-1

Netherlands – Faroe Islands 6-0

Albania - Netherlands 0-5

Croatia - Faroe Islands 7-0

Faroe Islands - Albania, October 15, 13:30, "Egnatia Arena" stadium

Croatia - Netherlands, October 15, 13:30, "Home of Football"/ CNA