England was a luxury test, a prestige challenge, but it was clear that Sylvinho had also started thinking about the play-off matches at a time when he spared 4 of the 5 players who were at risk of the semi-final challenge due to the number of cards.
On November 20, at 1:00 PM, from Zurich, Albania will meet its rival in the " play-off " phase.
The fact is that the Red and Blacks are in Pot 3 along with Kosovo, thus avoiding a confrontation between the families.
As part of the third pot, Albania will face one of the teams from the second pot, currently this pot includes representatives such as Slovakia, Scotland, the Czech Republic and Ireland.
Albania will play the first match in the semi-finals of the play-off phase away, this is the disadvantage of the third pot.
If we pass the first rival, Albania will face in the final phase of the "play-off" with one of the two winners of the pairs between the first and fourth pots, this is also a singles match, but which will be determined by draw.
The first semi-final matches will be played on March 26, while the final matches will be played on March 31. Albania must win 2 matches to qualify for the FIFA 2026 World Cup./ bw