Bushi before the match with Germany: Satisfied with the team's condition, let's give 200% of ourselves

2025-09-04 14:16:00, Sport CNA

Bushi before the match with Germany: Satisfied with the team's condition,

The coach of the U-21 National Team, Alban Bushi, spoke on the eve of the friendly match against Germany, which will be played tomorrow at the “Elbasan Arena” stadium, at 18:00. The red and black coach expressed his satisfaction with the team's condition, emphasizing that all the players are in good physical shape and ready for the challenge with Germany.

Bushi praised the opponent as a very strong team, but emphasized that Albania will also enter the field with the aim of obtaining a positive result.

How have the preparations for the first friendly match gone? – Today is the last day of preparations, we close with the session at “Elbasan Arena” and tomorrow we have the match. I am very happy and satisfied with the team because the whole group has been very good physically. We have not had any injuries. These days have served us a lot to work on how we will face the Germans tomorrow.

Germany? – We consider it a very big and responsible challenge. We know that they are the runners-up of Europe and they have a lot of potential and quality in their ranks. They have players who make the difference, players who play in big teams. We have tried to have our own strategy, our own game. We have developed a lot as a team recently. In the last two matches with Hungary and Turkey, we won in Hungary and lost in Turkey, but despite the loss we have shown that we are a team, we have character and dignity. We will express this tomorrow with Germany. I think that Germany will not have it easy at all. We play on our own field, we know who they are and we know who we are. Of course, everyone has to give 200% of themselves to face them and I think they will. We are looking forward to this challenge.

The two new arrivals, how have they integrated with the team? – Of the new arrivals, Kurti and Taho are young players. Their birthday is younger than the players who are currently there. But I think they are perspective players, who Albania will have for a long time. I think they can reach very high. They are humble and very hardworking guys. I see them with their feet on the ground and this is the most important thing today in this generation, because there are players who have quality and talent, but they are not with their feet on the ground and then they deviate from the great path they should take.

Message to the fans? – I have played 4 times with Germany myself and we have always lost in the end. We have scored a lot of goals and they have scored a lot against us. It was a balanced game. I think and I have a lot of confidence that it will be a beautiful game, a game with goals and that we will please our audience. We want to please them with the game and the result.