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

On November 19, at 9:45 p.m. Kyiv time, the Ukrainian national team will play the last match of the current League of Nations draw against the Albanian national team at the “Combetare” arena in Tirana.

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

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 first place in our quartet. To do this, they need to beat the Ukrainian national team and hope that the Czechs and Georgians will draw in a parallel match.

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 will approach the decisive match of the tournament in combat form and almost in the 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 nominally home field for the “blue-yellows” 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 Ukrainian national team. How many matches have there been already this year – you can lose count.

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

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

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

The fact that Rebrov has practically unlimited credit of trust is certainly 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 would like to believe that our coaching staff will do everything that depends on it, so that in the decisive match of the season, the national team of Ukraine will finally show that it is not made up of scumbags. I 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, injuries and problems of a different nature, Lunin, Tymchyk, Malinovsky, Tsygankov, Buyalsky 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.

Rebrov’s wards did not distinguish themselves with a clear game in that match. Individual actions – yes (first of all Mudrik), but team actions – no.

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

The history of confrontation 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 of this year, Ukraine lost to Albania for the first time – 1:2.

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

The opponent is difficult, even more difficult, unyielding, especially playing within the walls of the home country. But still, let’s take a risk and assume that the Ukrainian national team will win. With a minimum account.

Indicative compositions:

Albania: Strakosha, Balyu, Khusai, Ayats, Mytai, Ramadans, Aslans, Asanas, Lachis, Bayrams, Tutsy

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