Qazim Laçi lifted the hearts of the red and black fans after the first goal in the draw against Croatia.
His father, Emin Laçi, spoke about "Vizioni e Pasdite" in a "Skype" connection. He said that he experienced the match with great emotion, as he confessed that he had a premonition that his son would score a goal.
"I am in Germany. I was in the stadium. My wife and I thank you immensely. We were both in the stadium. They were unexpected emotions. I was very convinced that we would win with Croatia because we have a very strong generation. We were not lucky because we lost to the 3 strongest teams in Europe. But with the bags we have, not because he is my son, we have a very golden generation. So far two emotions have made me so happy. The day Qazim was born and yesterday's goal. I told my wife, I saw him when he kicked the first ball, he will score a goal.
With a lot of anxiety, but I was impressed that it was a very brotherly match with those Croatia fans, hugging each other", he said.
Qazim Laçi's father said that he was the first person the footballer called when he left the stadium.
"Yesterday I was the first person he called when he left the stadium, he told me to wait for him at a restaurant where the national team was coming. I am very familiar with half of the bags.
He always says that "we should have had a bit of luck, we should have won the match, not that I scored a goal". We were unlucky, football is like that", he said, while talking about his son's beginnings in football, while he was in emigration.
"We emigrated and when I took my bride, we left Qazim with my grandparents. When the boy arrived at the age of 6, I took him to a neighborhood team and saw that he had talent. When she turned 17, I told my daughter-in-law that I would stop her schooling. My father told me not to stop my football, he was crying. At the age of 18, he ran away to Cyprus for the first time", said Emin Laçi.