Goals and highlights Czech Republic 1-1 Albania in EURO Qualifiers | 09/07/2023

Czech Republic 1-1 Albania at the end of the match.

Yellow card for Chytil

Yellow card for Provod.

The referee adds seven minutes to the match.

Czech Republic: Krejci and Cvancara are out; Lingr and Chytil are in.

Albania: Seferi and Bajrami out; Uzuni and Gsajula in.

An Albanian player falls inside the area, but the VAR does not award a penalty kick.

SECOND GOAL CLOSE! Soucek's powerful header comes very close to scoring after a deflection off the goalkeeper.

Albania: Asani and Asllani out, Muja and Bare in

Czech Republic: Cerny and Kuchta are out; Jurecka and Hulzeck are in.

GOAL ALBANIA! Scored by Bajrami.

Albania: Cikalleshi rises, Daku enters. 

The goal is confirmed! Goal Czech Republic 1-0 Albania.

GOAL BY THE CZECH REPUBLIC! But it is disallowed for offside.

Yellow card for Asani.

Czech Republic goal disallowed for offside.

The second half starts

First half ends. Czech Republic 0-0 Albania.

The referee adds two minutes to the first half.

In the final stretch of the match, the home side is looking to take the lead before the break.

Souček came in from behind to take a shot from outside the box, but the defense deflected for a corner kick.

Half an hour into the match, the Czechs began to arrive, but Albania was more dangerous.

Pavalenka again comes out of his goal to cut off a dangerous Albanian move.

GREAT MISTAKE BY ALBANIA! A filtered pass to Asani who is left in front of the goal, but the Czech goalkeeper comes out and avoids the goal.

Soucek's header goes dangerously over the crossbar.

Asani falls in the area and calls for a penalty but the referee does not award a penalty.

We reached the quarter of the match where Albania could not find the space to hurt the Czechs.

Čvančara's shot is deflected wide of the goal.

In the first minutes of the match, the home side maintained possession.

The match starts!

Berisha, Hysaj, Ismajli, Djmsti, Mitaj, Ramadani, Asani, Nedim Bajrami, Kristjan Asllani, Cikalleshi, Seferi.

Pavalenka, Tomas, Jakub, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Kral, Provod, Cerny, Kuchtfa, Cvancara.

For this match, both teams will have all their players available to face each other in this qualifying match.

The most recent clash between these two teams was in a friendly match played in June 2021, the Czech Republic managed a 3-1 win over Albania with goals from Schick, Masopust and one more from Celutska.

They have arrived! Both the Czech Republic and Albania are already at the Eden Arena stadium to play this match of the fifth matchday of the EURO qualifiers.

The history between these two teams is very short as they have only met once and that match ended in a victory for the Czechs last June 2021 by a score of 3-1 over Albania.

The venue for this match will be the Eden Arena, a soccer stadium located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic, which hosts Slavia Prague's home matches as well as the national team's matches. It has a capacity of 19 thousand spectators.

All set! We are just under an hour away from the kick-off of this matchday 5 of the EURO 2024 qualifiers between the leaders of sector E, Czech Republic and Albania, two teams that need a win to stay at the top. Will either team be able to take the victory this afternoon? Follow our coverage on VAVEL.

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Berisha, Hysaj, Ismajli, Djimsiti, Mitaj, Asani, Ramadani, Asllani, Asani, Bajrami, Seferi, Cikalleshi.

Vaclik, David Zima, Jakub Brabec, Stronati, Doudera, Sadilek, Zeleny, Soucek, Zmrhal, Chytil, Cerny.

The center referee for this Czech Republic vs Albania will be Anthony Taylor; Gary Beswick first line; Lee Betts, second line; Craig Pawson, fourth assistant.

On the other hand, the Albanian national team does not want to be left behind in Group E and wants to be at the top of the group, so this match is key to achieve it, as they are in second place in the standings.

In the three games they have played in these qualifiers, they have a record of two wins and one loss. In their most recent match, the Albanians won a friendly match against the Faroe Islands by a score of 3-1. 

The Czech Republic national team arrives to this match after achieving a victory against Montenegro in a friendly match that ended in a 4-1 score. Not only in the friendlies they have shown good performance, but also in these qualifying matches for the Euro 2024, since they are undefeated after two wins and a draw. After these results, they are at the top of the group E table, and they are looking forward to continue with the good level of soccer they have shown on the field.

The activity in all the leagues and cups of the world has been paused for the FIFA date and, in this Thursday noon, we will have a very striking match corresponding to the EURO qualifiers in its 5th day between two great national teams. The Eden Arena stadium will witness this clash between the Czech Republic national team and the Albanian national team. Both teams will want to continue with the good streak this year, as they both share the group E and are fighting to stay at the top of their sector towards the Euro 2024 so they will try to stay in the best shape and arrive with confidence to their other matches. Will the locals or the visitors be able to achieve the victory?

The match between Czech Republic - Albania will be played at the Eden Arena stadium in Prague, Czech Republic. Kickoff is scheduled at 2:45 pm (ET).
 

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