Five players with problems, Shehi complains: Superiore's postponement hurt Tirana

2023-08-20 12:41:51, Sport CNA

Tirana tied on Saturday with the result 3-3 in a friendly played at the Selman Stermasi stadium in front of Elbasan. The white and blue suffered the absence of some starting players due to injury and precisely in relation to physical problems, after the match in a statement to the media, the coach of the capital city Orges Shehi appeared worried, since it is about important players.

"It is the last test before the start of the championship, it found us with many absences and injuries. Hila played in attack, we have problems with Abazaj, Kaina and Pergjon. Deliu and Najdovski come from injuries and do not have the full minutes, we were missing a lot. When Abazaj and Kaina are missing who are stable in the attack phase, then you will be forced to improvise. We hope they will return soon and at the beginning of the week we will be together to wait for the start of the championship.

We are not happy that we don't win in friendlies, we want to interpret them properly. Mobilization and charging are missing because we came from Europe. Friendlies show problems that need to be improved, in the championship everyone must give 100% because the official competition begins.

We did well in Europe and it remains our duty to return to the championship as we did in Europe, I hope we leave the injuries behind as we are talking about players who have value for the team and their participation on the field has an impact on the progress of the meeting".

Among other things, Shehi stopped at postponing the championship by one week, stressing that such a decision penalized his Tirana while adding that he is looking forward to the first week against Dinamo with great pleasure.

Another possible championship postponement? "The postponement of the championship hurt us because we were charged after Europe. If there is going to be another postponement, we need to know in advance and not at the last moment to take action because postponements ultimately spoil work.

It will be a hard-fought championship even though it's a different formula, I'm glad we start with the derby against Dinamo. There is tradition and history, now Dinamo has a different approach to continuity. I'm glad to start it against them. The start is motivating, especially when there is a rival team in front of you, so the charge is greater", said Shehi.