The Albanian Krstjan AsllaniInter midfielder, assured that Italy, his first rival in the group of death where he joins Spain and Croatia, is one of the “strongest” teams in the tournament, but his team also has a “strong group” and lucky to have a huge fan base.
“For me, Italy It is one of the strongest national teams. “We know what we have to do, we also have a strong midfield,” he said this Thursday at a press conference in Kaiserau, the town where he is preparing to make his Euro Cup debut against Italy this Saturday in Dortmund.
This is the second time in history Albania reached the final stage of a Euro Cup. He only achieved this in France 2016. This time he achieved it as the first in the classification group, ahead of the Czech Republic, which caused very high expectations, which even caused controversy in the country as the parliamentary sessions were suspended due to to which many deputies will go Germanyaccording to the Albanian press.
Up to 50,000 fans are expected to attend Dortmund of red and black. They have organized on social networks to come together and march to the stadium a few hours before the game.
“Our strength is the group, who plays knows what their exact role is on the field. We have a great plus which is the fans, who we hope will be on fire,” added the midfielder. Relegated to the background at Inter, champion of the ‘Scudetto’, in Albania he is one of the references.
“Training is going very well. There is harmony and positivity, that is the main thing. We are all focused on the games. We have a great challenge with Italy and we are studying it, watching videos,” he commented.
Partner of Nicolo Barelladoubt due to discomfort in the quadriceps, and Davide Frattesi, his possible replacement in the eleven of Luciano SpallettiAsllani is not interested in one or the other playing.
“I know that Barella is one of the strongest midfielders in the world. But Italy has many midfielders, if it is not Barella it is Frattesi. For me nothing changes, we should not focus only on one player,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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