Cyclash: Strongest Poland in the group, but we travel for victory

The Albanian national will play only one match this month, on a trip against Poland on 27 March.

Sokol Chillesh was presented today at the media conference, where he spoke about the target of “Kuqezin” for the challenge to the Polish.

Cavaja striker says the match against Poland is very difficult, but that they will try to score the maximum and launch this qualifying campaign well.

Chillesh also spoke of the new National coach, Sylvinho, how much will they penalise the group injuries, while underlining that the reds should function as a group and have harmony with each other.

About the meeting with Poland, Cyclash said: “Now begins a new edition for us. The more the first fight is one of the hardest fights. Poland is the strongest team in the group. I believe that starting with past qualifications, which we started in Portugal and that we were able to get a positive result back then and qualified. I hope we have the same continuation. I don't think I'm alone at the top of the attack, but that player playing, doing his best, as a group, as a team, to show the spirit of the race, and in this game to start off well. As is the expression, a good start, half the work. And if we get positive results in Poland, things can somehow simplify”.

For the new coach staff, Chillash said: “they have just arrived and will have the necessary time this week. Like those of us, so that we may get to know each other. Time is a little short, but I believe that both we and the coach are willing to do our best in this short time and get to the Warsaw game as well as we can. I said it was the hardest fight of this edition. Let's start in Warsaw. It's one of the hardest matches, but it can become one of the matches that can give us the incentive to reach the end qualifications and give us the confidence that if we win there, the road can become easier later”.

In addition, the 32-year-old spoke of Albania's shortages because of injuries, saying: “UDs and missing players are of the most important of the National because they have shown it in the field. We've been shot with Poland before in the October 12th match here, which was very important for the World Qualificationists. If we were to win that fight here, we had a chance to qualify, and at that meeting we had a lot of shortages. We're having the same situation now, but I don't want to focus here, I want to see the positive side because the group is 23 players. Differing among players is not too big, and I believe that whoever is in the field will do its best to replace these players”.

The striker playing as a loan to the teams from Saudi Arabia, Al-Khale, also spoke of past confrontations with Poland.

We've made Poland's first relation, even though the result doesn't show it. After the score of 2-1, we had a net penalty and things could have changed. What I can tell you today is that since we're out of two regrets fights, we do a deep analysis and mistakes that we've made we haven't repeated because we may not come out of regretting” again.

Chiallesh is also being praised as Albania's new leader, as he said about it: the “collection started only yesterday and I came to the gathering yesterday and had a simple conversation with the coach. I never want to consider myself a leader because a good leader is the one who shows it in action, not in many words. I've done it inside the field and out, and I've tried to help every player feel good whenever he's around me. So there might be some experience. I'm willing to do this for the best. I've been supportive. And not just me, but there are several other players who have been contributing to players for years. We must give more importance, since we are small nationals, we must be in harmony and group with each other. It's important the group, because that's where the spirit of the race, force in group”, is highlighted.

In the end, Sokol Chillesh was even asked if he would be satisfied with a point from confronting Poland, while Albania said the first option has victory, while the draw is the second option.

No matter who's the opponent in the field, you gotta get in there to win the fight. The first option is to win the match, but because it's an opponent we have directly for the first place, even a plan B can be the draw. I didn't even think about it when we played with stronger teams like France or England, we went to win. These are plans that try their best, then take half of the bad. We're going to win the fight. It's a very strong group, but with the group that we have and the spirit of the race, I think we can get a positive score of”, Ckallesh said.