Duke has words for Panucci

The confirmation comes from Albanian Football Federation President Armand Duka, who is convinced that the new coach has done well, especially in the last two matches.

I'm satisfied with the technical staff in general. Of course, there were even minor mistakes, but the total elimination was the maximum. Never has Albania been third in the preliminaries of a world”, the FSHF head said.

However, everything in terms of the removers seems to have been closed here, as the next target set by the Albanian Football Federation for the new staff led by Christian Panucci will be the qualification for European “2020”.

There will now be two ways to qualify for the upcoming European finals by the National League and European Erasers. Our main goal will be to qualify for the European Championship”, he said, the TCH reported.

Next year the League of Nations begins, where Albania is in the C vase, and this for the head of the FSHF is a chance to be present in the Europeans again but also an opportunity to activate more players because of the busy program.

“I have taken a look at the division of groups and I think Albania's objective is not group C, where we are, but group B. In no case can we think of being in C. We have real opportunities to participate constantly and in some instance worldwide. Recent matches have confirmed that Albania is a strong and competitive team. Maybe we'll need more players activated”, the Duke emphasises.