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The Chelsea team had forgotten that Broja was part of it when they wished luck to the players of the London club who were participating in "EURO 2024". But with Albania's first match against Italy, it has devoted a long article to the Albanian striker on its website, focusing on his appearance.
Chelsea article:
Armando Broja started Albania's first match at EURO 2024 in attack, but he struggled to make an impact in the third quarter of the pitch despite working hard for the team, who suffered a 2-1 loss to the reigning Champions of Europe, Italy.
It was known that it would be a difficult task for Albania to cause the first shock of the tournament when they faced Italy in their opening match and eventually succumbed to Italian pressure despite taking a surprise lead.
Armando Broja led the offensive line as Albania's centre-forward, making his country's first competitive appearance since the 2022 Nations League after missing the entire qualifying campaign through injury. The former Chelsea midfielder, Jhorzhinjo, was in the Italy team.
There was a strong Albanian presence inside the Dortmund stadium and they didn't have to wait long to celebrate. An incredible opening to the match saw Albania take a shock lead, punishing an Italian defensive error in the first minute.
Federiko Dimarko's dangerous cross was pounced on in the box by Nedim Bajrami, who fired into the top corner at the near post to give Albania a dream start to EURO 2024. With only 23 seconds elapsed, this was the fastest goal in the history of the European Championship.
However, their lead was short-lived as Italy equalized in the 10th minute when Alesandro Bastoni headed in Lorenzo Pelegrini's cross at the far post following a corner. Five minutes later, the Italians took the lead, with a quick shot by Nikolo Barela from the edge of the area.
Broja's role now appeared to be crucial, using his pace and physicality on the counter-attack, as was evident when Pellegrini received the game's first yellow card for a cynical foul to prevent the striker from bursting down the left. However, he was given very little to work with as Italy dominated possession throughout, leaving Albania grateful for some great saves from goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha to keep their one-goal lead going into the break. the match.
Broja continued to be a willing runner and looked the most likely to do something in the second half, as shown when another Italian, Riccardo Calafiori, was penalized for pulling off the number 11 shirt, although Armando also picked up a yellow card. for his reaction.
This display of frustration summed up the remainder of the game for Albania and Broja as they found Italy a very difficult opponent to crack. It was 2-1 when Broja was replaced 15 minutes from the end and the result remained unchanged .
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