Yesterday theAlbania has landed in Germany, where it will play the three matches of Group B Euro2024. It will be Sylvinho’s national team that will lead the way against Luciano Spalletti’s Italy. A match that will weigh a lot for both teams, considering the other two rivals (Croatia and Spain) who will compete for the pass to the round of 16.
Today, meanwhile, Lecce midfielder Ylber Ramadani, player ofAlbania who attended the press conference to outline the real objective in this competition, which is to get the most out of each match and get through the group: “The atmosphere is fantastic. We’re together, we came yesterday and today we’re taking a break. It was a ‘fantastic welcome – he declared to the microphones of PANORAMASPORT.AL – both getting off the plane and when we arrived at the hotel. The competition is beautiful, in every team, not just in the national team. We have to be 100% because we play against great teams. It doesn’t matter who plays, we just have to do our best.”
The first considerations on the opening match against the Blues: “The match against Italy is a very special match because we are playing against the reigning champions. We have to go on the pitch and score points and not just say that we played well. Playing from the restart? Normally against Azerbaijan we didn’t play in counterattack, our task was to win the match. It’s not a given that we will play Italy like that again.” And if he were to think about the more than great joy that his debut at the European Championships could give him: “With Italy I would like a goal in the 85th minute”, Ramadani admitted.
There convocation at the European Championships is a delightful achievement for the 28-year-old: “Of course, this is a dream come true. I will do my best to reach the highest levels both with the team and with the national team, and that is my goal here too. When I arrive in the national team – continued Ramadani – I don’t look at energy at all, when I enter the pitch I want to give my best and do everything for this shirt”. On the difficulties of group assigned: “Spain and Croatia are very strong teams. We looked at them. We have to get on the pitch to get the most not only in words but also in points.”
On the players who know Italy and the championship inside out by club origin: “Naturally a large part of the composition of the team that comes from Serie A helps us a lot. We know every Italian player how they play and this helps us a lot. They are very high quality players. quality and we know it because we have played with most of them in the league.” Finally, a final consideration on the match against Italy and a pebble removed from the shoe for the label of underdog close to Albania: “These three matches are strong. It depends from match to match, but we will enter with the aim of obtaining the result we need to move forward. I always liked it when they didn’t appreciate us, because it gives you motivation and you can easily conquer everyone.”
