2026-10-07 08:44:05Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

After the hard-fought victory against San Marino, Rolando Maran appeared at the press conference to comment on the national team's performance on the field with the Rossoneri coach, who underlined the difficulties our team faces against teams of a level like San Marino, but that in the end what matters is getting the 3 points.

"There are no easy matches, I said on the eve of the match, but we, perhaps, with teams that do not cause you any concern, are not able to face them in the right way, this is the truth. While we played the matches with Belarus and Finland as a strong team. Against San Marino, when we took the advantage in both matches, we thought about managing the result. We are not a team that knows how to manage the result, we are a team that must always play at a high pace. Today we showed it, however, in the first half we could have had an advantage with at least 3 goals and maybe San Marino's approach would have changed, but they showed themselves to be masters of staying in the game and when they scored the goal for us everything became more gloomy. But we appeared sober and took the match back in hand in the final stages and we hold on to the result, which in the end is what matters most," said Maran.

Another problem the Rossoneri have is taking advantage of the scoring chances they create, and Maran also spoke about this point as well as the penalty that was won in the 90th minute.

'When chances are wasted it is difficult to give an explanation because there are times when goals are scored more easily like in the first match against San Marino, but in this match we created many chances, but we did not have the ability to have the right clarity. Sometimes the rush to score at all costs makes you make mistakes. The penalty? I was looking at the statistics, I don't know how many touches of the ball we had in the opposing area, it is a very high figure compared to a normal match and when we are in the opposing area for so long it means that we are there exerting pressure and it is normal that we benefit more from such situations. It came in the 90th minute but it came before the end of the challenge' - added Maran

The Rossoneri coach answered another question about Kristjan Shpendi, a footballer who is standing out in Serie B.

'This national team has many players of a good level, among whom is Shpendi, Daku plays for Spartak Moscow, Manaj is playing in Turkey and is scoring a lot. I am lucky that I have many strikers available who can play, but at this moment I can make choices with footballers who are still important and are being activated' - Rolando Maran concluded the press conference.


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