Albania vs Czechia, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

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Albania are hosting Czechia at Air Albania Stadium, Tirana, Albania, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Jan Boril (Czechia).
2': Jasir Asani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Jasir Asani (Albania).
3': Pavel Sulc (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Qazim Laçi (Albania).
4': Tomás Soucek (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Indrit Tuci (Albania).
6': Václav Cerny (Czechia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Iván Balliu.
12': Delay in match (Czechia).
12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
12': Václav Jemelka (Czechia) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal with a cross following a corner.
13': Lukás Cerv (Czechia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
14': Foul by Tomás Soucek (Czechia).
14': Indrit Tuci (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Tomás Soucek (Czechia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Attempt missed. Lukás Provod (Czechia) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Václav Cerny.
20': Foul by Tomás Soucek (Czechia).
20': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Tomás Soucek (Czechia).
21': Ylber Ramadani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Jasir Asani (Albania).
21': Jan Boril (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
22': Offside, Czechia. Tomás Chory is caught offside.
25': Attempt saved. Václav Cerny (Czechia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pavel Sulc.
27': Delay in match because of an injury Jasir Asani (Albania).
29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
30': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Kristjan Asllani.
30': Substitution, Albania. Taulant Seferi replaces Jasir Asani because of an injury.
36': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mario Mitaj.
42': Attempt missed. Qazim Laçi (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
44': Foul by Václav Cerny (Czechia).
44': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Attempt saved. Qazim Laçi (Albania) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Iván Balliu with a cross.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Kristjan Asllani (Albania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
45'+3': First Half ends, Albania 0, Czechia 0.
45': Second Half begins Albania 0, Czechia 0.
48': Attempt saved. Václav Cerny (Czechia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal.
48': Attempt missed. Lukás Cerv (Czechia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
51': Foul by Jan Boril (Czechia).
51': Taulant Seferi (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Attempt blocked. Nedim Bajrami (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taulant Seferi.
52': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Lukás Cerv.
52': Attempt saved. Indrit Tuci (Albania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
54': Attempt blocked. Qazim Laçi (Albania) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
54': Corner, Albania. Conceded by Lukás Cerv.
55': Foul by Tomás Chory (Czechia).
55': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Tomás Chory (Czechia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Nedim Bajrami.
63': Foul by Lukás Provod (Czechia).
63': Iván Balliu (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Albania).
64': Tomás Chory (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
65': Substitution, Czechia. Adam Hlozek replaces Tomás Chory.
65': Substitution, Czechia. Jan Kliment replaces Václav Cerny.
65': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
66': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
66': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Indrit Tuci.
68': Foul by Taulant Seferi (Albania).
68': Jan Boril (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69': Corner, Czechia. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
70': Delay in match (Czechia).
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Attempt blocked. Lukás Cerv (Czechia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Soucek.
71': Foul by Lukás Cerv (Czechia).
71': Kristjan Asllani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Substitution, Albania. Ernest Muçi replaces Nedim Bajrami.
74': Ardian Ismajli (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Jan Kliment (Czechia).
76': Foul by Václav Jemelka (Czechia).
76': Taulant Seferi (Albania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
77': Foul by Indrit Tuci (Albania).
77': Lukás Cerv (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
79': Foul by Mario Mitaj (Albania).
79': Jan Kliment (Czechia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Foul by Jan Kliment (Czechia).
80': Ylber Ramadani (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Ernest Muçi (Albania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by Jan Boril (Czechia).
83': Attempt blocked. Kristjan Asllani (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
83': Attempt missed. Kristjan Asllani (Albania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
83': Substitution, Czechia. Jan Kuchta replaces Pavel Sulc.
83': Substitution, Czechia. Ondrej Lingr replaces Lukás Provod.
85': Substitution, Albania. Amir Abrashi replaces Qazim Laçi.
85': Substitution, Albania. Myrto Uzuni replaces Indrit Tuci.
85': Foul by Myrto Uzuni (Albania).
85': Jan Boril (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
86': Foul by Jan Boril (Czechia).
86': Myrto Uzuni (Albania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89': Amir Abrashi (Albania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Jan Kliment (Czechia).
90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Adam Hlozek (Czechia).
90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Foul by Amir Abrashi (Albania).
90'+2': Jan Kuchta (Czechia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2': Amir Abrashi (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Foul by Taulant Seferi (Albania).
90'+3': Tomás Holes (Czechia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Albania 0, Czechia 0.
0': Match ends, Albania 0, Czechia 0.

Statistics

CZE		ALB
15	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	2
2	Saves	2
56.9	Possession	43.1
8	SHOTS	9
2	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
406	Accurate Passes	297
487	Passes	377
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
8	Accurate Crosses	1
23	Crosses	6
0.3	Cross %	0.2
70	Long Balls	47
31	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.4	Long Balls %	0.3
2	Blocked Shots	4
4	Effective Tackles	8
14	Tackles	20
0.3	Tackle %	0.4
11	Interceptions	4
9	Effective Clearances	38
9	Clearances	38

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Air Albania Stadium
Location: Tirana, Albania
Attendance: 20,800

UEFA Nations League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Czechia	6	+1	11
2	Ukraine	6	0	8
3	Georgia	6	+1	7
4	Albania	6	-2	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albania (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Strakosha (GK)
5	Arlind Ajeti
18	Adrian Ismajli
20	Ylber Ramadani
3	Mario Mitaj
2	Iván Balliu
8	Kristjan Asllani
14	Qazim Laçi
10	Nedim Bajrami
9	Jasir Asani
7	Indrit Tuci

Albania Substitutes:

Amir Abrashi, Ernest Muçi, Elseid Hysaj, Arbnor Muja, Alen Sherri, Myrto Uzuni, Elhan Kastrati, Taulant Seferi, Adrian Bajrami, Endi Hadroj, Enea Mihaj, Arbër Hoxha.

Czechia (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Matej Kovar (GK)
6	Vaclav Jemelka
3	Tomás Holes
12	Lukás Cerv
18	Jan Boril
5	Vladimír Coufal
15	Pavel Sulc
22	Tomás Soucek
14	Lukás Provod
17	Václav Cerný
19	Tomás Chorý

Czechia Substitutes:

Milan Havel, Patrizio Stronati, Matej Sin, Antonin Kinsky, Vasil Kusej, Alex Král, Jan Kuchta, Adam Hlozek, Martin Jedlicka, Ondrej Lingr, Jan Kliment, Jiri Boula.

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