Duel with Croatia/ UEFA reveals plans to Sylvinho, Albania with 3 changes in formation; Hysaj is left out

The red and black national team

On Monday, Albania will play the second match of the Euro2024 groups, a historic confrontation with Croatia.

The two Balkan teams will be looking for 3 points today, as they both come from the loss of the first match, Albania against Italy and Croatia against Sapnja.

This duel for both teams is seen as a final, as Albania and Croatia have o points and are last in the standings of Group B of EURO 2024. The results of this match will decide the European journey of the two teams, who are looking for the 3 points with hope to pass the group.

The match will take place at 15:00 at the "Volksparkstadion" stadium in Hamburg and will be refereed by a Frenchman, François Letexier. The Reds had their last training session yesterday and today they are ready to go down on the green carpet, with Asan's condition having improved.

UEFA says that the coach of the Rossoneri is expected to make 3 changes in the formation.

According to UEFA, Elseid Hysaj, who has been widely criticized on the network for lowering his head after Italy scored the second goal, will not be on the field. According to UEFA, he can be replaced with Balli. Risi is expected to be striker Arbër Hoxha instead of Sefer and Ismajli instead of Ajet. Meanwhile, the rest is expected to be the same.

The "Volksparkstadion" stadium in Hamburg has 57,000 seats and once again it is expected that the stands will be dressed in red and black and the Albanian fans will dominate, the same as in the match with Italy. Albania's next match is against Spain on June 24, while in the match against Italy they lost with the result 1-2.

Possible formations

Croatia: Livaković; Stanishic, Shutalo, Guardiol, Sosa; Modric, Kovacic; Pashaliq, Majer, Kramariq; Petkovic

Albania: Strakosha; Balliu, Ismjali, Gjimsiti, Mitaj; Ramadan, Aslan, Bayram; Hoxha, Asani, Broja

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