{"id":57779,"date":"2023-07-25T11:47:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=57779"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:57:43","slug":"conference-league-qualifiers-albanian-teams-hope-for-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/conference-league-qualifiers-albanian-teams-hope-for-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference League qualifiers, Albanian teams hope for victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being eliminated from the Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, the reigning champions of the Albanian Super League will embark on their journey in the Conference League.<\/p>\n<p>Partizani will face Atl\u00e8tic d\u2019Escaldes in Andorra on Tuesday and is considered a favorite to progress further.<\/p>\n<p>The team has completed their preparations ahead of the first match, with a full and ready squad for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the match against Bate Borisov, the team is more motivated, and this time they are facing a modest opponent.<\/p>\n<p>On the same evening, Ballkani of Suhareka will also take the field, aiming to replicate the success of the previous season.<\/p>\n<p>They will be up against one of the top teams from Northern Ireland, Larne.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian team is considered a favorite to win the match, which will be played at \u201cFadil Vokrri\u201d Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, Ballkani bid farewell to the Champions League after being eliminated by Ludogorets, while last season, they made history by reaching the group stage of the Conference League.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57782\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-1536x903.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-696x409.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ballkani-1068x628.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KF Ballkani during training. Photo courtesy: KF Ballkani (official website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being eliminated from the Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, the reigning champions of the Albanian Super League will embark on their journey in the Conference League. Partizani will face Atl\u00e8tic d\u2019Escaldes in Andorra on Tuesday and is considered a favorite to progress further. The team has completed their preparations ahead of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":57780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[3567,3566,1462,296,2037,2027,1147],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conference League qualifiers, Albanian teams hope for victory - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/conference-league-qualifiers-albanian-teams-hope-for-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conference League qualifiers, Albanian teams hope for victory - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After being eliminated from the Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, the reigning champions of the Albanian Super League will embark on their journey in the Conference League. 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