Manaj: We will play with Spain even harder than with Croatia

2024-06-20 16:19:31Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Manaj: We will play with Spain even harder than with Croatia
Rei Manaj

The striker of the Albanian national football team, Rei Manaj, was among the footballers with the best performance yesterday in the match that the Reds and Blacks played against Croatia.

Today, Manaj went to a media conference, where he was asked about yesterday's meeting, but also about the upcoming one against Spain, which will be decisive for the fate of the National Team.

He said that the national team is inspired and motivated to play against Spain even harder than in the match with Croatia. The match with Spain is considered decisive for the red and blacks.

"We were on the bus and we started thinking, and I believe we could have reached the 3 points, we had those 4 minutes that gave us two goals. The second goal could have been a foul. We regret that we did not get the 3 points, because now we are waiting for Spain to pass the group. We have to see how today's match against Italy will be. If Spain wins, I believe we have a chance to beat them and pass the group.

The match against Italy, I believe that the goal we scored very quickly made us sit down a lot. They have quality and so does Croatia. The first parts were the best we've done all these years. The first goal against Croatia demoralized us, because the team wanted the victory very much. And then Klaus scored the equalizing goal, but the bench players also helped us, well it turned out that way.

As for any striker, the goal is very important. Here we are a team and that is the most important thing, to pass the buck.

I believe that Spain is a very big team. If they beat Italy today, we have more hopes. They have great players like Rodri and Morata. We have to do our job and do our best until the end.

Normally, when the match ended, because we scored in the 90th + 5th minute, we were satisfied with the draw. The main thing was to win the game, for the sake of the first half and those 20 minutes of the second, but when you play with big teams everything can change in a few minutes.

"It doesn't matter who scores the goal, the important thing is to win with Spain and pass the group," said Manaj.

 


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