
The defeat against Chile immediately affected the Albanian national team, which presented itself with a different face against Sweden, even though it was defeated minimally in Stockholm.
Silvinho's men put in a positive performance, even creating a few chances to score, but to no avail. A challenge characterized by the referee's wrong decisions, which coach Silvinjo also spoke about.
An irregular intervention to the detriment of Armando Broja in the penalty area was not appreciated by the Romanian Birsan. The 42-year-old would be a protagonist in other moments as well, but despite these episodes, the chances in front of the goal were spotty for the red and blacks.
The first half would end without goals, while in the second, a cross by Kulusevski in the area found Nilsson free who deflected with his head beating Strakosha. In the 72nd minute, the substitutions of Albania started, where the offensive actions faded somewhat, as the pace was lower, causing the challenge to end with the minimal victory of the Swedes coming after that 5-2 defeat by Portugal. On the other hand, Albania lost both friendlies in March, but this second one showed improvement and hope that in June the situation will be different.
The coach of the national team, Silvinjo, in a statement after the match, said that he was only sad for the loss, but not for the game that the team played.
"I feel sad because we didn't draw or win, but I can't say anything in the dressing room, that the performance was very good. In the aspect that we have soul, sweat and heart. It seemed as if we were playing at home, we had thousands of Albanians here and this is beautiful and we should broadcast it on the field", said the coach.