Albania’s selector Sylvinho has said that his goal is to qualify Albania for the 2026 World Championship.
Sylvinho sent Albania to this year’s European Championship in Germany, where it was eliminated in the group stage.
In an interview for “Top Channel”, Sylvinho spoke about the relationship with the Football Federation of Albania and also about the irritation of the relationship with the striker Myrto Uzuni.
“The relationship with the Federation and especially with the president is very good. We know our responsibilities, we had the challenge of qualifying for the European Championship and we achieved it, but all together, at no single moment do I think that it was me and I did it or my staff alone. But we know what our challenge is, we have the League of Nations that we are working on, we have already started work on Georgia and Ukraine, we also have a very difficult opponent, the Czech Republic. We have to work hard and improve, always having one goal, qualifying for the World Cup,” said Sylvinho.
However, the European with many beautiful emotions experienced and given also had discussions, dissatisfaction among some players who were not included in this event.
“I can say that we are now lucky, in the sense that we have about 35 players that we can play with, but I should have taken 23, 25 or 26. Then it is up to me to decide, fortunately good or bad As for Uzun, he has played with us as a winger in attack, while at his club he plays as a center forward or as a second forward. He made a sacrifice with us, he played and gave his best, but he is a striker and there, in his club, he plays as a striker. After discussing it we thought that he is simply a striker and in the position where we used him we should try another player. This is just one name, one position, but we can talk about all 35 or 40 players we have. I understand his position and the upset that I was on my own, for example I tried to stay on the bench, to be taken to the stands or once my contract ended and they told me, we don’t need you anymore. I’ve done it all. But I’m a professional and the only thing I’m not allowed to do is not reason with my heart, because I have responsibilities in front of the federation, the people and the whole country”, said Sylvinho.
