The coach of the Albanian national team, Silvinjo, was pleased with the way the team played, but not so much with the result as he thinks the team should have won this match against Serbia.
"As always, I take every responsibility, he is very important for us. He has many matches with the national team and I respect him, one of those who plays with heart, I made him the penalty taker, he made a mistake and that happens. But he made a very good performance, I am proud of everyone, they played a psychological match at home, then the fans, the public. They supported us a lot, I am proud. Unfortunately, I am a little disappointed with the result, but the team was very good.
It was a very difficult match, we tried to use one on one strikers with defenders. For Broja it is the same problem, that he is always injured, how long has it been since he played 90 minutes? It is difficult, for us and for him. The moment came when he could not continue, like for others, like Hoxha who was dead. Manaj played an incredible match, even though he missed two days with the flu. We tried Broja, in the first half he did well, he made a small mistake, because he has to get the ball in space, but he was tired. In the second half after 15 minutes he made a breakaway, but he had no more oxygen. A difficult choice, but he is not used to playing 90 minutes.
I'm proud of the players, of everyone. We did well, important changes in midfield, on the wings, then the players who come in give us energy, because it's not easy to play a match at this level. 3-4 players were very tired, unfortunately the result disappoints us, but it was a very nice match.
This is a very good moment for the national team. With all due respect, a year ago there were 14-15-16 players, today we have 22-23. I could choose between Broja on the right with force, but I had Uzuni and Asani on the bench who did everything together with Bajrami to take us to the European Championship. We made the European Championship thanks to them. But what I want to say is that it is nice that the opposing coach says who plays: Uzuni, Asani or Broja? Hoxha, Muçi or Bajrami. For us it is very important for the game strategy, it is a nice moment.
"The absence of Gjimshititi? Tomorrow it seems we will see everything. Now we have 5 center backs along with Adrian Bajram who is going crazy, he is playing very well. He will go to the USA after the match to play with Benfica in the World Cup. We have players and it is good for selection, we will do the training and we will see, Today we spent a lot of energy", Silvinjo told TV Klan after the match.