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The former coach who led Albania to the European Championship for the first time, Xhani de Biazi, is aware that the Reds and Blacks are in a very difficult group at EURO 2024, which takes place in Germany 2024.
But the Italian coach hopes that Albania will perform well and make a big surprise in the end. The draw drawn last Saturday determined that Albania will be in a group with Spain, Croatia and Italy.
All three of these representatives are superpowers of football and with great successes in the last decade. Meanwhile, Albania is playing for the second time in the European Championship.
He made his debut in "Euro 2016", precisely under the orders of De Biazi. The 67-year-old is appreciated by the Albanians for the fact that he ensured the first appearance of the Reds and Blacks in a major football event.
In "Euro 2016", Albania suffered two defeats before winning the third game. They were defeated 1-0 by Switzerland and 2-0 by France, and won 1-0 against Romania.
The group is now rated much stronger
" I think the draw is very difficult and the group is very strong for Albania. Albania has a quality team, but I think it is impossible to compare with Spain, Croatia and Italy ", said De Biazi for "KOHA.net".
He has mentioned a positive side of Albania for the European Championship in Germany.
However , at the time when the European Championship is held, in June and July next year, maybe Albania can be fresher than the other teams because only Kristjan Asllani is likely to play for a long time in the Champions League with the Inter team.
Other representatives have more players, such as Spain, which has many Barcelona and Real players in its ranks, who will have loads and spend a lot of energy until the end of the season.
It is by no means an easy group for Albania, but considering the fatigue and the burdens of the players of other representatives with their clubs, I think and hope that Albania will be the big surprise of this group ", added De Biazi.
The first two in the group advance to the knockout stage of the European Championship, as well as four of the six best representatives of the third place. Under the leadership of Silvinho, Albania had significantly better qualifications than those of Euro 2016 with De Biaz.
Albania won the group with the Czech Republic and Poland. In the qualifiers for Euro 2016, Albania finished behind Portugal. It was higher than Denmark, Serbia and Armenia. De Biazi managed Albania from 2011 to 2017. After leaving Albania, he had a short period in charge of Alaves in Spain.
Meanwhile, he led Azerbaijan from 2020 until a few weeks ago. But there was no success with Azerbaijan. In Albania, they are currently very satisfied with the Brazilian Silvinho.
The position of the coach of Kosovo is vacant. After the departure of the Frenchman Alain Zhires, the temporary coach was the Slovenian Primozh Gliha. His contract was valid until the end of the qualifications for Euro 2024, which were unsuccessful for Kosovo. De Biazi is one of the names mentioned as candidates to take over the leadership of Kosovo.
He is ready to lead Kosovo, while he appreciates the potential of "Dardans". But so far he has not been contacted. According to De Biazi, Kosovo has the potential to qualify for major football events.
" Until this moment, I have not received any call from Agim Ademi or anyone else in the Federation. Mostly only journalists have written about my situation. But, I haven't been contacted by anyone yet. I would be happy if Kosovo invites me, because I think they have good players and I believe it is possible to do something like we did with Albania" , said De Biazi.
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