{"id":79097,"date":"2025-06-06T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79097"},"modified":"2025-06-06T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:43:35","slug":"we-came-for-the-win-say-serbian-coach-and-striker-albania-has-a-serious-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/we-came-for-the-win-say-serbian-coach-and-striker-albania-has-a-serious-team\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Came for the Win,\u201d Say Serbian Coach and Striker: Albania Has a Serious Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifying match set to take place this Saturday at 20:45 at Tirana\u2019s \u201cNational Arena,\u201d Serbia\u2019s head coach Dragan Stojkovi\u0107 and striker Aleksandar Mitrovi\u0107 spoke at the traditional press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Mitrovi\u0107 was asked by journalists about the infamous match against Albania in Belgrade on October 14, 2014, in which he was one of the players present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have two memories from matches against Albania\u2014one bad and one good. In Belgrade, after what happened, and in Elbasan, where we won. A lot of time has passed, generations have changed, both in our team and theirs. However, the red and black team has quality and deserves respect. But we step onto the field to win, not for any other result, whether it\u2019s against Albania, England, Brazil, or Argentina. We want qualification, but we must be perfect. My focus is only on the pitch, not on what happens around it,\u201d said Mitrovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Stojkovi\u0107 began by extending holiday wishes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I\u2019d like to wish a happy Kurban Bayram to everyone celebrating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Stojkovi\u0107 expressed respect for the Albanian team, emphasizing the quality of their players and their strong performance in the European Championship qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbania is a very good team, with an excellent coach and players like Broja, Manaj, Asllani, Bajrami. We have to be very careful, stay fully focused, and avoid mistakes, because they are dangerous and know how to punish you,\u201d said the Serbian coach.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came here to win, not for a draw. We\u2019ll give our best to earn the points we deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifying match set to take place this Saturday at 20:45 at Tirana\u2019s \u201cNational Arena,\u201d Serbia\u2019s head coach Dragan Stojkovi\u0107 and striker Aleksandar Mitrovi\u0107 spoke at the traditional press conference. 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