With just a few days until Albania’s debut in the European Championship finals “Germany 2024”, in the first match against Italy in Dortmund. The coach of the Albanian National Team, Sylvinho, has revealed to “AFP” the key to success and where Albania will focus in the European Championship.

“My Albania will rely on the spirit and sacrifice that we will show on the field. We face very strong opponents who aim to go all the way in this tournament and win it. Our strength is not in one or two players, our strength is the team. Albania is a team with not much experience and is participating in this competition only for the second time in history. We will need a lot of work to succeed on the field. We have done great work, but now an even bigger challenge awaits us,” said Sylvinho, who further emphasized that being stationed in Tirana with the technical staff has made a difference, adding that in football, anything is possible.

“We are the first technical staff to relocate to the workplace, and that makes a difference. Players see and say ‘you have a family, a wife, a child, but you don’t live with them, you live in Tirana’. People call me and ask where I am? I answer them, I am in Tirana.

When you take on a job, you have to do it well. That’s my mentality. Some say I’m a foreigner, but by living in Albania, they consider me Albanian. In fact, I am an Albanian citizen. I always tell you: If the reason you don’t sleep is because there’s a problem, we need to make the team work, then you shouldn’t sleep either, you’ll have to work harder.

Everything is possible in football. For me, it’s important to show people, the audience, that we fight hard. I don’t like doing things halfway, either I’m fully committed or I’m not involved at all,” concludes Sylvinho.

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