Albania U-17/ Bulku for the challenges with North Macedonia: They are important to us to approve the group before the European

2022-09-09 12:45:00, Sport CNA

The Albanian national team of 17-year-olds has started a one-week gathering in the city of Pogradec on the eve of two friendly matches that they will play against their peers from North Macedonia. At the start of the gathering, for fshf.org, coach Ervin Bulku spoke, who said that these two friendlies against the Macedonian neighbors will serve him and the team to consolidate and underlines that they will require victories for the team to go with high morale. in the October qualifiers.

"These are the last two friendlies. This is the next one-week gathering with the team. I have to say it's pretty much the same group we've had in recent gatherings. During this week we will have the whole team at our disposal, since the players who play outside of Albania will come with the understanding of the clubs abroad because we must not forget that the foreign championships have started and these days of training and matches will be very busy. valid for the competition that awaits us in October, which is also the most important competition.

Për atë kompeticion jemi duke u përgatitur gjatë kësaj periudhe, jo një vje?are, por dyvje?are, sepse ky grup lojtarësh ka më shumë se dy vjet që vëzhgohet, zhvillon turne miqësor, për të qënë sa më i gatshëm për atë kompeticion që presim tani në tetor. Grupi lojtarëve? Ky grup nuk ka dalë vetëm nga seleksionimet e grupmoshave U-16 dhe U-17, 90% e këtij grupi ka qenë pjesë edhe e grupmoshës U-15 që është përzgjedhur nga të gjithë stafet e ekipeve Kombëtare. Ky grup do ta përfaqësojë Shqipërinë gjithashtu në Kampionatin Europian”.

Trajneri kuqezinjve thekson se në kualifikuese skuadra do të ketë përballë skuadra të forta por skuadra e tij është duke punuar për të qënë gati. “Në këtë grumbullim pa diskutim që do të përqendrohemi për të punuar më shumë në ato pika që kemi vërejtur se nuk jemi aty ku duhet, duke mos harruar qe ky grup vjen pas fitimit të turneut UEFA Development që u zhvillua në Shqipëri.

The opponents that we will face in the European like Sweden, Croatia and Wales are teams that have repeatedly participated in the Elite Round of this age group and it is not the same level that we have faced in this tournament that we won. We have a lot of work left to do and I must emphasize that these two matches will be worth a lot to us to see the defects, where we have to work harder and the team to be as ready as possible to get as many points as possible and be dignified in this important international representation."

Albania U-17 has been drawn in a group with Sweden, Croatia and Wales. The eliminators of this group will be held together with the tournament that will take place in Croatia on October 20, 23 and 26, 2022.