He was very difficult to name the Italian midfield, coach Sylvinho.
In a telling Sky Sport, after a 2-1 defeat to the Blues, he showed what didn't work for his fellow Reds.
"We were somewhat nervous about the debut. It wasn't easy, as it's only the second European for us and we're a young team.
We didn't hurt Italy. It was difficult to keep hold of midfielders like Barella and Jorginho.
We were in the game and risked to end up with Manajn. It wasn't an easy match, we faced off against a great team.
We thought about always staying in the match until the end but it was very difficult to take the ball rolling away from Italy. I could have added another midfielder but we would have been drawn defensively anyway. It was very difficult for us to restart and go out on counterattui, we returned a lot to the defence."
Replacements? "Everyone who came in from the pankina did very well," said the Albanian national coach.