Albania – Ukraine. Forecast and announcement for the League of Nations match

On November 19, at 9:45 p.m. Kyiv time, the national team of Ukraine will play the last match of this year’s Nations League draw against the national team of Albania at the Kombetare arena in Tirana.

Albania The Albanian national team approaches the match of the last round of the League of Nations with a similar semantic load (similar to our national team): the Balkans will not be satisfied with a defeat in any case, because with such a schedule, Silvinho’s team will go to the C division.

There is no doubt that the Reds will do everything in their power not to lose.

However, unlike our national team, the national team of Albania has a chance to take the first place in our quartet. To do this, she needs to beat the Ukrainian national team and hope that the Czechs and Georgians will draw in a parallel meeting.

In the fifth round of the League of Nations, Silvinho’s wards played a dry draw with the Czechs at home, and before that they defeated the Georgian national team on the road – 1:0.

Thus, it can be said that the Albanians are ready for the decisive match of the tournament in combat form and practically in an optimal composition.

In addition, Albania knows very well how to beat the Ukrainian national team. The teams met in the first round of the current LN. On the nominal home field for the “blue and yellow” in Prague. And then the guests won 2:1, although ours (Konoplia) were the first to open the score.

Ukraine Another “match of life” for the national team of Ukraine. You can lose count of the number of such matches this year.

However, the upcoming game is a kind of milestone. On the one hand, this is the last official match of the main team of the country this year. And on the other hand, the final point in the current League of Nations draw.

And in order to stay in division B, where our national team is currently playing, it needs not only not to lose in Tirana, but also to win, because a draw will send Serhiy Rebrov’s team to division C.

A lot has already been said about the fact that the head coach of the Ukrainian national team will keep his job regardless of the schedule. That is, even if his team takes the last place in the quartet, UAF in the person of its president Andriy Shevchenko will support the coach of the national team in any case.

The fact that Rebrov has virtually unlimited credit is definitely a good thing. At the same time, one would like to hope that Rebrov will not once again play on the nerves of the people on whom this credit of trust depends.

We want to believe that our coaching staff will do everything in its power so that in the decisive match of the season, the Ukrainian national team will finally show that it is not at the top of the bat. We would like to believe that at least in the last round, the national team of Ukraine will demonstrate a decent game that will ensure the desired result.

Personnel problems of our team on the eve of the decisive match are well known. Due to injuries, damage and other problems, Lunin, Tymchyk, Malinovskyi, Tsygankov, Buyalskyi and possibly Vanat will not help the Ukrainian national team in Tirana.

The delegation of the Ukrainian national team arrived in Tirana the day after the game in Batumi against the Georgian national team. In that match, which also partially had the status of a “match of death”, our team drew. At the beginning of the first half of the meeting, the Georgians scored an own goal, and in the middle of the second half they already scored in our goal.

In that match, Rebrov’s wards did not have a clear game. Individual actions – yes (primarily Wise), but team actions – no.

Let’s hope that the Ukrainian national team left all the best for the last match of the year.

History of confrontations Until September of this year, the Albanian national team could be counted among convenient opponents for our national team. At that time, the national team of Ukraine met with the Eagles six times and won five of them. Another match ended in a draw.

However, on September 7 this year, Ukraine lost to Albania for the first time – 1:2.

Forecast Both teams are against the wall – you can’t lose to anyone. We can’t even draw, while a draw would allow our opponent to avoid direct relegation. Therefore, I would like to hope that in this case, when there is nothing to lose, our team will finally demonstrate both its skill and its class.

The opponent is not easy, even rather difficult, unyielding, especially since it is playing within the native walls. But still, we will venture to assume that the national team of Ukraine will win. With a minimum account.

Estimated compositions:

Albania: Strakosha, Balyu, Khusai, Ayeti, Mitai, Ramadani, Aslani, Asani, Lachi, Bayrami, Tutsi

Ukraine: Trubin, Konoplia, Matvienko, Zabarny, Mykolenko, Kalyuzhny, Shaparenko, Sudakov, Mudryk, Nazarenko, Yaremchuk.