The soccer players of KFF Vllazniawith cumulative success in local sports competitions, will try to make a successful debut this Thursday against real Madrid in the group stage match of Women’s Champions League of UEFAwhere an Albanian team competes for the first time.
Despite the fact that since 2013 it has been the winning team of the local women’s soccer league and the Republic Cupwith only two draws and no losses, Thursday’s game at the “Loro Boriçi” stadium against the Madridistas marks a new stage in their journey, as they play the 16 best European clubs.
The president of the club, Lazer Matijaconsidering this the best year for Vllaznia since its founding in 2013 by becoming the first Albanian club to qualify for the group stage of Women’s Champions League.
The reigning champion of the Albanian Women’s Football Super League, created only 13 years ago, has been relegated Spartak Myjava of Slovakia in the first round and Vorskla Kharkiv-2 of Ukraine in the second and the draw put it in a difficult group A with RMA, Chelsea and PSG.
“Although it is very difficult to get a positive result, playing with the elite teams in European football is a privilege for us,” he told EFE. Matija.
The players dedicate this success to their hard work together, their dedication, and the good management of the club.
A Megi Doçithe best Albanian striker who has scored 600 goals in competitions in the last 9 years, Thursday’s game is very exciting for him, because he will face a team that has many fans in Albanian.
Whatever it is, his desire is to score a goal, while appreciating the team’s preparation to play perfectly, without casualties.
Doc, from barrela poor area in the north, recalled that when he was a child, in the 2000s, he loved soccer and would walk 40 minutes with his father to watch games on color television that were missing in his hometown.
The success of these children was not only in sports, but also in society, because they challenged the patriarchal mentality even in their own families, which considered football as a “man’s sport”.
“My mother is against it. She wants a woman who dresses, combs her curls, caresses her and not a woman who comes home every afternoon with a bruised knee,” he said. Docthe captain of the Albanian women’s soccer team, whose idol is Cristiano Ronaldo.
The axis of the team consists of Albanian soccer players who came from its youth academy, but recently there has been an increase in foreign signings, who tend to go from playing in an amateur league to a professional league and even joining the prestigious league. competitions like Champions League.
Currently, including Vllaznia 5 American girls play, 2 in Montenegrins, 1 of Greece and some of the Kosovo.
“I grew up watching real Madrid on television, with both men’s and women’s teams. It’s very exciting to be with these players,” he said EFE American midfielder Megan Cavanaughfrom the training ground.
The match aroused interest among Albanian fans Shkodrathe cradle of Albanian football, while the Spanish visitors have yet to buy any tickets.
“For Shkodra Y Albanian the game is a big event that happens for the first time. Vllaznia is the best team in Albania. 5-6 girls play for the Albanian national team. I hope we win!” he said. Fatlum Sulejmania seller and fan of Barcelona.
His friend Agron he follows women’s soccer matches with more interest than men’s because “men’s soccer has corruption and rigging, while girls play fair and give their souls on the pitch to win .”
Source: La Verdad
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