Erion Veliaj among the world's 11 best mayors

At this stage, many of us have also experienced the elimination of the heart team. But when the top eight teams are facing today and tomorrow to determine who will pass the semifinals, the popular British magazine “Monocle”, which is distributed worldwide, has asked a simple question to its readers: What would be the best 11 if the World Mayors Championship was held today?

Of course, the British magazine has responded (taking the role of coach) to the 11th floor of the best mayors, among them Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj. It ranks the same team of well-known mayors in the world as Montreal in Canada, Seattle and Las Vegas in the United States, or the head of Seoul City Hall, Taipei, New Orleans, etc.

“Monocle” brings some of the initiatives of Mayor Veliaj, which have changed the face of Tirana in the past three years, particularly citing his attempt at a city of people rather than cars, with increased use of bicycles in the capital. The magazine stresses that the quality that unites all 11 mayors is their approach and the way these people are taking the job seriously

Ah, Veliaj's role in the 11 best mayors' team? No. 11, so arm attacker.

Complete text of Monocle magazine:

All to play with...

With World Cup fever taking us all, we thought to form together a team of super-soldier mayors, willing to give 110% a game field. We all know that matches are won with goals and, from improving public transportation (for pedestrians) to treating the subject of racism, our mayors' team has a lot of goals.

The rule of football has often shown us that a team of champions is second only to the champion team. But our Eleventh House of World Mayors includes both. Unlike most of the trainers who had to bring only one team to the World Cup, we were able to choose from around the world, but this, of course, made our task even more difficult.

The quality that unites the 11 chosen one is their way of thinking, with a careless, unusual smell. They're people who really care about work, but not themselves. Instead of blaming others, the losses are considered an opportunity to learn how to win next time. But they are generous in victory. The best mayors, like best football players, are a real pleasure to meet.

PORTIER
1. Phil Goff Auckland
Safe hands, which enable what Gianlugi Buffon did for Italy: provides security. Like all good shock recipients, Goff has given priority to fundamental rights: environment, transport and housing.

KINGS
2. Libby Schaaf é Oakland
California City Democratic Mayor since 2015, Schaaf has taken a stand against Donald Trump and was heavily attacked by the latter when he warned the local community of possible interventions by immigration officers.

KINGS
3. Bart Somers é Mechelen
Somers is used to stopping attacks with commitment to integrate refugees. And although Belgium was the leading country to supply the ISIS Foreign Legion to residents, none of them were from Mechelen. That's our Franz Beckenbauer.

KINGS
4. Caroline Goodman Las Vegas
An example of non-party man, Goodman is neither identified as Republican nor Democratic. It has done much for public transport to a city full of cars and reacted strongly to last year's attacks on Harvey Festival on HINA91 Street.

ME SFURSHOR-MBRATHS
5. Mitch Landrieu New Orleans
Any role in governing Nee Orleans is evident in defense: the city's eternal task is to keep Lake Pontchartrain off its streets. Landrieu sits in front of three other defenders because of how he managed the situation with the campaign to remove the Confederate monuments.

ME SFUSHOR
6. Ko Wen- je '%Taipei
The mayor of Taipei is a key player, free, non-party pilot who can confuse his friends as much as the opponent. But it's worth the rent.

ME SFUSHOR
7. Park Won-Soon Seoul
The creative but sensitive supply, in the center of everything he's our team's Luca Modric. There are necessary co-operative instincts, which were voted under the “Citizens are mayors”.

ME SFUSHOR
8. Valerie Plante Alternal
A new, energetic flow, visible part of the left, Plante is someone who believes in rapid movements, has promised to equip Montreal's streets with 300 new buses and build a new subway line.

SU PRAYER
9. Jenny Durkan
When she took office, Durkan said she wanted a Settle “strong and soft” a bad faith for an attacker in the position of Lionel Messi.

SU PRAYER
10. Ridwan Kamil Bandung
An attacker from the old school, Camille knows what's worth is the result. In five years as mayor of Bandung, the former superstar has organised a rapid cleanup of roads.

SU PRAYER
11. Erion Veliaj Tirana
Veliaj's efforts to lower vehicles in the city and boost the use of bicycles on the streets of the city have made Tirana more efficient. His past as an activist gives him the iconic passion of a former magazine editor.

On the Jewel of Reserves
Toyama Mayor Misashi Mori has received considerable appreciation for his ambitions to bring any city service closer to citizens this planning is similar to Dutch master Johann Cruyff's total football style.
Lisa Hepps' attempt at modernizing é despite the noise of the traditionalists makes him mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, to look like Arsene Wenger.

Formation
The team formed by Monocle magazine has an offensive approach: doing work at the local level often requires will and wills to take risks, so we have chosen a totally fatheric formation: 3-3-3-3.

Defense and Attack:
Our defense may be reliable and pragmatic, but it implies that it is the first front of the attack. The midfield is methodical in the center, but bold in the arm. As for the attackers, they're creative, productive and safe in finding a chance to win the matches.