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The Albanian national team held its last training session today before the final match against Serbia, where the fate of the red and blacks for the World Cup will be decided in Leskovac.
Silvinjo and his team left the "Duboçiça" stadium, heading towards the hotel in Niš.
Journalist Endi Tufa has provided footage for "Top Channel", where it can be seen that in addition to the police forces, elite forces with automatic weapons and armored vehicles have joined in to escort the Albanian national team to the hotel, in order to avoid unpleasant incidents.
The match was deemed a high-risk match by FIFA, which sent two security officers. In addition to moving the match from Belgrade to Leskovac due to fears of hooligans and the tense political climate in Serbia, the Serbian Football Federation did not put any tickets on sale.
The 6,500 Serbian fans in Leskovac will be invited and selected, including players from football academies. Serbia is condemned to hold this duel with a 20 percent reduction in stadium capacity. Based on an agreement between the two federations, there will be no opposing fans in the Serbia - Albania matches and vice versa.
After five matches in Group K of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, England are top of the table with 15 points, eight ahead of Albania. Serbia are third with seven points, but have one game in hand. Latvia (4 points) and Andorra (0 points) are next.
Yesterday, the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that a 53-year-old Albanian man was arrested at the Merdara border crossing point after he had five bags of national red and black clothing and symbols in his van. According to Serbian police, the destination was Leskovac, but there will be no Albanian fans in the stadium for Saturday's match.
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