Ramadani: Special match with Italy, the atmosphere is very good

2024-06-09 13:57:00, Sport CNA

The Albanian national team successfully concluded the preparatory phase in Austria and now the Reds and Blacks have settled in Kaiserau in Kamen where they will stay and prepare for the finals of the European Championship "Germany 2024".

From the base camp at SportCentrum Kaiserau, the midfielder of the red and black national team, Ylber Ramadani, went to a press conference where he spoke about the fantastic atmosphere in the red and black camp, the competition in the team, the match with Italy, the fantastic season in personal terms and some other topics.

The atmosphere in Germany – The atmosphere is fantastic. Yesterday we came to Germany, today we are on vacation. Yesterday when we landed in Germany, it was a fantastic reception, both at the airport and here at the hotel. It's a fantastic feeling.

Team competition? - Competition is good for every team, not only for the National team. We have to be at 100% at the maximum because we play with big teams. It doesn't matter who plays, we just have to do our best.

The match with Italy, how special will it be for you? - It is a very special match, we play against the reigning champions of Europe. We must enter the field and do our best, fight for every point. To give 100% of ourselves and show ourselves. Let's talk on the field.

The career path to the European Championship? - For me it is a dream that has come true. I have always worked and will do my best to reach even higher levels and I hope we can do it in this very important competition.

Fantastic season, have you saved energy for the European challenges? - Normally, when I come to the National Team, I don't look at the energy, I want to enter the field, do my best and give everything for this shirt.

Will you play on the counter attack against Italy as against Azerbaijan? - It was a match where we didn't play only on the counterattack. The coach decides the tactics, we did our duty and beat Azerbaijan. It wasn't a match where we only used counter attacks. The coach will decide the match against Italy.

Spain and Croatia won the friendly matches, have you followed the challenges? - Spain and Croatia are very strong teams and we followed them. We followed the Portugal-Croatia challenge, we saw them play. But we will go into every game to get the maximum, not just by saying it, but we have to do it on the field as well.

How much does the fact that a large number of players play in Serie A help you? - It helps us a lot in the match with Italy, because we know almost every Italian player how he plays, he helps us tactically. It will be a special match, they are very high quality players, but we know that because we have faced them during the championship.

How much does the calendar of matches favor Albania? - All three of these matches are strong, we play against the European champion, the world champion, Croatia, a semi-finalist team in Europe and the World Cup. They are strong matches, but the matches differ from each other. We will enter the field to get the result we need to move on.

Do you feel favored because you have no pressure? I always liked it when we were not appreciated because it motivates us even more. In silence we can break them all".

Against Italy, a goal in the first minutes or in the last minutes? – In the 85th minute, to end it as best as possible.