Albania plays the first match of November against the Czech Republic in the "National Arena", valid for Group B1 in the League of Nations.
The Czech coach, Ivan Hašek, spoke at the press conference, saying that he has taken measures against the Reds and Blacks and wants to avoid last year's game, where Albania won 3-0 against the Czech Republic in the European qualifiers.
The defense? We expected a few absences, but in the end it turned out to be three. But we have players who have experience in international football, we have selected them based on current form and I believe they will all do well.
The lineup? Above all, I wish everyone to cope with the last training as well as possible and be in good shape. We have prepared different variants.
Draw a success? We have a clear goal and that is to get out of the group as first place. The World Cup is also at stake, so we want to finish first in the table from this point of view as well. I'm not going to do the math or say I'm going to make a draw. The goal is to win the group.
Difference from the first game? We have seen them in several matches. Albania has a quality team with an excellent coach. It is a team that can play all styles, attack high, but at the same time can easily play in the middle or in the deep block and go on the counter-attack. They have quality players for that. We do not want a repeat of what happened in last year's game, when the players succumbed to the atmosphere, made many mistakes and failed to counterattack. The transition to attack from Albania is very fast and deadly.
Albania's shots from a distance? We know of all the players who can score such a goal. We will try to protect ourselves in such a way that we do not leave them in similar situations, because these are dangerous situations. We know that Albanian players are very good at this.