Duke: Even Spain would suffer if Catalonia were separated, like us from Kosovo

Duka has said that Albania should do even better at the European elimination until it has said some of the VIPs have abandoned the Albanian National during this season.

Below his full interview...

How much has the president's position expanded?

Of course it's greatly expanded because the football community is big. The position of the president is such that he has relations with everyone.

Hysey's wedding?

) I'm glad we have parties, weddings. We marry guys. Very charming weddings, all in attendance rejoiced. The captain himself rejoiced.

Next call, again for a wedding?

We have another wedding, with Lenyan, in July.

Your first impression of the National With Edy Ryan?

The team he is, but in my view it seems a greater, more confident positive atmosphere.

Were you disappointed by the loss of Iceland, with just one shot at the gate?

There are many cases of soccer when it is said that we deserved better, but this was one of those most deserving cases. Looking at the characteristics of the match, keeping 53% top by 47% for us, Cornet 7 to 1, I think we deserved more than zero points. These things I mentioned are a little remembered in football. The result is remembered. With a little more concentration, we could have avoided losing.

What did you like better than victory with Moldova?

It was thought to be a more positive game than that with Iceland, but maybe in Iceland it was better played, produced more football, had more quality for us. They're not like fights. Moldova was difficult, we were all under pressure because the goal came too late. We even had a little luck on our first goal, with a Roche character turning into a Ccyllite assistant. Another fact that cheered us up, because the Cyclash was in a career crisis on the national team. We hope that goal has opened the way for other goals.

Do you see anything positive about the fact that the team was patient, since it wasn't finding room in the defense of Moldova?

Moldova was a team playing soccer, I thought it would protect and drop the ball. Psychologically, our team was prepared to win the match, the players did not panic, but the new forces that were thrown into the field, especially Roshi, gave an impulse and enthusiasm to the game. Professionally, the team was focused, believed in victory, and achieved it.

What change did you see in Coach Rey from the period you held the negotiations, signed the contract, to the days of training and fighting?

I haven't seen any change. I've seen the same man I've seen at the beginning and the day of the match. I think, except he's a football expert, and that's what his long career says, there's a very communicateer who motivates the team, and I think he gets close to 100% of what the team has. Tactically teaches them very well and motivates them very well.

Would you like to have chosen him first?

It's not like I never thought of Edy Ryan before, I even tried it a few years ago, but he didn't want to come to Albania at that time.

6 points at 4 matches, while the three main teams -- France, Turkey and Iceland -- are in 9 points. Mathematically, we can play for anything...

) This group has been difficult since the beginning. We never thought we were the best team. We're a team that has to fight to the end and if we do our best, we can achieve anything. Our peak is not only the results of Andorra and Moldova, but also the teams that are in the highest rankings like Albania. Turkey won the match with France in all parameters, but after 3 days lost to Iceland. We can do the same against the three strongest opponents in the group. At each match we have to enter as equals, then what the playing field produces... I repeat, it's not that things have gotten so difficult, so difficult have been since the beginning.

For us things look complicated, but for the other Albanian national, Kosovo, things seem more enthusiastic...

I've seen the match with Bulgaria and the one with Montenegro, followed them to SuperSport. It's been very well interpreted matches, with mobilization and a positive atmosphere. The results are not random. It is a well prepared team, has a very good coach and is very important that there is a very positive atmosphere around the team and everywhere in Kosovo. The atmosphere around our national team has not been very good for us lately, not only on the stairs of the stadium, but generally. When they went to Europe, there was nowhere to accommodate them. V IPs and politicians, but today no one comes to the stadium. A modest team needs maximum support and positive atmosphere from all over.

Are we suffering for being separated?

Of course, because if we were more, we would have more options. Some of Kosovo's qualities would probably be part of Albania, but that's a fact and we can't take any more analysis of it or disable it. We have to get used to and live with this reality and build two competing teams.

Even Catalan would have been separated from Spain, perhaps suffering “La Rooney”...

Of course, Pique would play Catalonia.