National team's performance in "Euro 2024"/ Rraklli for CNA TV: The players gave their soul

2024-06-19 10:35:00, Sport CNA

National team's performance in "Euro 2024"/ Rraklli for CNA TV:

Altin Rraklli

The performance of the Albanian national football team at Euro 2024 in the confrontation with Italy aroused many controversies.

Former football player Altin Rraklli, in an interview for CNA TV, with journalist Fabjona Pasho, analyzes what happened and the expectations for the Rossoneri.

"We have to share the performance, the individual mistakes that many players made, with the great desire and competitive spirit that was there, among all the players. We made some mistakes, which led us to defeat. As a match, I want to summarize it as a match of a good character, a perseverance, a good will of the team. You have to keep in mind that individual mistakes are divided into individual mistakes at the last moment and completely. In this particular case, Hysaj was not the only mistake, that's where the mistakes started , to two or three players. I think it can happen to any player, even if you don't deflect the ball. In a foul that we have, Asllani hits it hits an Italian player, but he was leaning on the wall, waiting for him. It's not worth crucifying Hysaj, because he gave his best in that match. Seferi also made an individual mistake when marking the player who scored the first ball header and he was the main one, because that goal turned the game around. We didn't pay attention there, especially Seferi with the player who had a direct 1 against 1, entered behind the wings and he didn't see it. So, these are mistakes that also caused us the goals. We also made collective mistakes. The way we drew the opponent, how we gave them space, we retreated 40 meters in front of our goal, which gave the opponent to understand "You are more powerful, come attack us and we will stay back here", he said.

Rraklli emphasized during the interview that of the three teams we have in the group, I see Croatia as the weakest.

"They are all three elite teams, for me they belong to the first phase. In recent years, Croatia can be beaten more easily than these other two. It is a team broken in age, the same players have been playing for so many years", he said .

Did he also give a tip for the red and black fans.

"We must learn to cheer in the moments when the team needs it. So, the moments when the team plays poorly, the whole stadium should stand up and support it. Albanian fans should celebrate after the match, not before," he said.

This Wednesday, the Albanian national football team plays in Hamburg, Germany, against Croatia, the rival of group B in Euro 2024./CNA