Albania – Switzerland [0-1]: Playing with one less man, Albania cannot cause any surprise!

(Baonghean.vn) – The Albanian team caused a surprise when it participated for the first time in the biggest festival of European football. However, with the red card of the captainCanadain the 36th minute forced the Southeast European team to lose on the opening day against Switzerland with a score of 0-1.

Before the second match of Group A took place, coach Gianni De Biasi (Albania) said: "Albania did not come to France for tourism. We came here to write a fairy tale. It will start with the match against Switzerland". However, in the first match, the Albanian team was somewhat unlucky when they had to play with one less player and conceded a goal quite early. Right in the 5th minute of the match, from a corner kick by Shaqiri, center-back Fabian Schar jumped high and headed the ball into the Albanian net.

Clip of the early goal of the Swiss team:

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After opening the scoring, the Swiss team still dominated the match, in the 14th minute Seferovic missed the chance to increase the score to 2-0 for Switzerland when Seferovic shot straight at goalkeeper Berisha. Albania's first chance came in the 26th minute when Xhaka had a chance to shoot in front of the Swiss goal, but the ball went wide.

In the 36th minute of the match, the Albanian team's chance to score became even more difficult when Albania's captain Cana was sent off after deliberately handling the ball.

Clip of Albania team captain Cana getting a red card:

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Playing with one more player, the Swiss team completely dominated the game. In the 43rd minute of the match, Haris Seferovic had a powerful shot but Albania's goalkeeper, Etrit Berisha, made an excellent save. The first half ended with a score of 0-1 in favor of the Swiss team.

Entering the second half, the Albanian team surprised the fans when they played well even though there were only 10 people on the field. The scoring opportunities at the beginning of the second half all belonged to the Albanian team, Xhaka had the opportunity to make history in Albanian football by scoring the first goal of Albanian football at a Euro, however, in situations facing goalkeeper Sommer, Xhaka was not successful once.

After a rather awkward start to the second half, the Swiss team gradually regained control of the game and took advantage of their one-man advantage. In the 67th minute, Seferovic once again failed to defeat the Albanian goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. In the following minutes, the Swiss team had many opportunities to increase the score, but with the excellence of goalkeeper Berisha, the Swiss team was not successful once and the second match of Group A ended with a score of 0-1 in favor of the Swiss team.

After the first round of matches in Group A, France is temporarily leading, Switzerland is in second place, and the next two positions belong to Romania and Albania.

Tung Lam