To the microphones of -.itthe former Lazio defender Lorik Cana presented Saturday’s match between Italy and Albania, having his say on the qualities of the two teams: “Albania has nothing to lose, it must focus on its growth path as it did in the qualifying round where it finished first, and this is not a given. There were no big names, but the team did a great job, with Sylvinho capable of exploiting the material available and which allowed our nation to participate in the European Championship.
Unfortunately we ended up in the most difficult group, this gives us less pressure but the difficulty is much greater. Albania is in a moment in which it doesn’t have a general point of reference, given that it hasn’t tried its hand at a big team. We saw it in the groups, where we had a subpar Poland and a Czech Republic which is a good team but not a big one on the continent.
Now the bar is raised and we’ll see what comes of it, but Albania still remains a valuable team: we defend very well, with an all-Italian backbone, not to mention that there are also many surprises in terms of names and we have more quality in midfield and up front. It’s important to see Broja’s condition: if he’s well he can be devastating.”
