Author: Piero-SVP
Ball Stories | Interesting episodes from the Albanian Cup through the years!
1952 edition. In the quarter-finals with a single match, on Sunday October 5, Dinamo and Partizan met: the match ended 0-0 after ...“Luftetari”, the team that surprised Albanian football with its fast game and lightning attack!
“Luftetari” (The Warrior) is one of the Albanian football teams that regularly participated in the first category, but at the end of ...Perparim Kovaci, the “goal” man of the “Tomorri” team, baptized with the name “Maradona” of ...
It is a great honor and appreciation for every player when they become their idol and even more so when they are ...“MADE IN ALBANIA” | ALBANIA U21 IN THE BEST EIGHT IN EUROPE!
PROLOGUE In the grand theatre of continental football, qualification for a European Championship final is traditionally treated as the birthright of the ...The cursed 1966-1967 championship season and rumored derby “Partizan” – “17 Nentori” (2-nd Part)!!
Second Part Link for the Part One https://www.sportsvisionplus.com/cinema-of-illusions-besnik-dizdaris-enderra-ne-beze-and-the-cursed-1966-1967-championship-part-one/ 1. THE THRESHOLD OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP On the threshold of this season, we should ...Cinema of Illusions: Besnik Dizdari’s “Ëndërra në beze” and the Cursed 1966–1967 Championship | Part ...
Part One! 1. Stripping the Beautiful Game of Post-Cold War Mythologies The history of football in the twentieth century is routinely subjected ...Lefter Millo (1966-1997), the “Tractor” man, one of the strongest midfielders in Albanian football!
Although small in stature, Millo had a stocky stature and powerful legs, characteristics that distinguished him as a physically strong footballer and, ...The Illyrian Trap | Eliminated in the mud of Tirana: A forgotten 0-0 Illyrian “victory” ...
Albania vs West Germany 0-0 “Die Schmach von Tirana” (The Disgrace of Tirana) The Prologue In the grand theatre of international football, ...XXX ALBANIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 1975-1976 | DINAMO`S 11-th TITLE!
Pernaska – Zeri – Ballgjini! It is the championships of the late 70s in Albania where football has reached a satisfactory level, ...When Apolonia wrote its name in the history of Albanian Football by defeating “17 Nentori” ...
These are rare and incredible stories in football! Different events without any similarity to each other. It is the National Championship of ...When “17 Nentori” drew against “Ajax” of Amsterdam in 1970!
Unbelievable truths in Football! Intro September 17, 1970. “17 Nentori” plays for the first round of the European Champions Cup against “Ajax” ...Agustin Kola | The goal scorer with a troubled soul, a master of headers!
PROLOGUE Agustin Kola: the rebellious maestro of Albanian football. In the 80s, he would tower over any opponent of “17 Nëntori”, heading ...Vllaznia`s midfielder Ferid Borshi, an Albanian version of Hansi Mueller!
There is no doubt that Shkodra is the “Cradle of Albanian Football” not only because this sport was born there but also ...Feyenoord–FK Partizan Albania, the match involving Artur Lekbello and Klootwijk, remains a life lesson in ...
What stuck with me most from that match? The goalkeeper: Artur Lekbello. It was as if he had been plucked right off ...The aviator goalkeeper, Mikel Janku!
Mikel Janku (1941-2019) Epilogue Janku is the Albanian “warrior of the skies”, who traded propellers of helicopter for gloves of a goalkeeper. ...Zhega, great champion of the field and the bench!
Medin Zhega (31 January 1946 – 12 June 2012) or Din Zhega as he was affectionately called, was a football personality both ...Photo of the day | Goalkeeper Janku in a spectacular intervention…
It is May 2, 1965. In Geneva at the “Stade des Charmilles”, there are: 24,108 spectators at the qualifying match for the ...Albanian Bombardier Refik Resmja (FK Partizan), one of the bests scorers in Europe!
Refik Resmja (1931-1997) Resme’s history as a goal scorer is as exciting as it is incredible for a small country like Albania ...Arjan Hametaj (1957 – ) the stoic centerback of the FK Partizan!
The Champions of Albanian Football! “The bad boy” with number 4! Hametaj was born on July 1, 1957, in Tirana to a ...Ahmet Shqarri and “From one match to another”, the historic Albanian sports show!
“Nga njera ndeshje ne tjetren” (From one match to another)! 1. It is October 1, 1986! A historic date and one that ...
