After the 2-1 loss to Finland, Rolando Maran did not hide his disappointment.
The Italian coach said that the team deserved the victory, even though they were playing with 10 players.
Among other things, he did not spare criticism of the match referee, whose decisions he considered meaningless.
Maran also spoke about replacing Arbër Hoxha, following Etri Berisha's red card.
"We deserved a positive result because we played a good game. We also deserved the victory, but we were penalized by the red card. We had some opportunities during the game. We were penalized and we regret this result. During the game we had some good chances to score.
We need to improve some things and start over. A performance like this gives us strength to move forward. We have been penalized by some referee decisions, which are meaningless. However, this performance gives us confidence for the future.
Replacing Hoxha? We had a good match. Based on the characteristics, we needed Manaj on the field. We could use Muç's space. Hoxha was having a good match, but I had to make a decision," Maran declared.
