Risk Skamaka, Gjimshiti and friends prepare the "cage" for the Italian

2024-06-15 13:04:11Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

With a team without stars as in the past, Italy in "Euro 2024" are expected to rely on the strength of the group, while one more weapon for Spaleti's team is the center forward Xhanluka Skamaka, who comes after a very positive season with Atalanta. But one thing is certain, Berat Gjimshiti is the one who will give advice on how to stop it, or limit it, maybe even by provoking it somehow.

The Albanian defender and the Italian attacker, teammates of Atalanta, will be opponents on Saturday evening in Dortmund. Gjimshit's tips are expected to go to three other red and black players who play in Serie A: Ardian Ismalji, Kristjan Asllani and Ylber Ramadani. A foursome that has prepared the "cage" for the Italian striker. In the neighboring country, they consider as a big advantage for Albania the fact that it has 10 players, who play or have played in Italy. While Gjimshiti has an even bigger advantage, since for a whole season he trained with Skamaka, but also against him.

He knows well the characteristics, skills and defects, strengths and difficulties of the Italian striker. Of course, this discussion also applies in the opposite direction, but for a defender, who above all has to face, intervene and limit the opponent in action, it is something more important. So it can be more advantageous for him who has studied the opponent he has to stop a lot, than for the attacker who can know the weak points of a defender who controls him. "If me and Skamaka will be on the field, it is simple that you will watch duels between us", said Gjimshiti about the challenge with the Italian. Skamaka also commented on the confrontation with the red and black defender:

"Gjimshiti is a very physical defender, tough and strong even in training." It is clear that in Bergamo the two know each other in detail, sparing nothing in duels, just as they do under Gasperini's commands in training. It is the coach of Atalanta who teaches one-on-one duels, but when necessary he also teaches them that a striker can never be stopped alone. So Silvinjo is also expected to look for different things, who also does not design "cages", which you can rarely create on the table, but you have to shape them on the field. However, the law of limiting supply to the opposing attacker always remains in effect. So Ismajli will have the task of dubbing, if Gjimshiti will need it in the moments when Skamaka will seek to take positions behind the lines in our defense, or in standard shots. But the shields from Asllani and Ramadani, two players at the heart of the field, will also be essential.

This is because Skamaka, due to his characteristics as well as Spaleti's requirements, is a player who tends to play away from the goal, which means that the two red and black midfielders will have a very important role in limiting the range of the action as well as the initiatives of the Italian striker to launch offensive actions. A square where the entry of the "axurr" bomber into the cage will be tried, with Gjimshit giving the directives from behind in defense.


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