
Tirana will have to do without defender Qendrim Ismajli. The Kosovar footballer approached during the summer market for the blue and white has not been able to travel to Georgia for the first match that the capital city have with Torpedo Kutaisi.
Georgia does not recognize Kosovo and since Ismajli only has a Kosovar passport, he has not been allowed to travel to the Georgian state. A problem encountered last year with Hasan, the striker originally from Kosovo, who played with the blue and white, in the match that the capitals had again in Batumi, against Dinamo. But if then one eye was closed, starting from the elimination that Tirana did to Dinamo Batumi, this time apparently the Georgians have decided to "damage" the opposing team.
The documentation presented for the player was not sufficient to pass to travel with the team and in such circumstances, coach Bledi Shkëmbi will have one less player for the first match with Torpedo Kutaisi. This is not the first time that Albanian teams face such problems, where players from Kosovo or foreign countries are not allowed to travel to different countries.
Tirana plays its first game in the Conference League on Thursday at 19:00 in Kutaisi, while the return challenge will be played in a week, but it remains to be determined where it will take place, as 'Air Albania' the field is damaged, while 'Selman Stërmasi' has been non-functional for a long time.
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