The footballing miracle of Albania

Last update 18 June, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

Albania It is a country from the southeast European. A peculiar state of barely 2.800.000 people who happens to be one of the poorest in the entire Old Continent. Located south of the Former Republics Yugoslavas, is situated just 70 kilometers from Italy, waters of the Strait of Otranto in between. A country, all told, strange, the only one in Europe together with Turkey where the majority religion is Islam and where Christianity enjoys a large but not a majority audience.

The country of the Mercedes

Too dark a country where the shadow of communism still remains, a country, forgive the redundancy, where despite everything there was the highest rate of Mercedes cars in the world, with an average of one for every two inhabitants, really disproportionate figure even more when it is said that the 80% of those who drive have that brand of vehicle (There are serious suspicions of the European Union on the procedure of these vehicles).

Albania makes history in the European Champions

Well then, in all that context, A football team has been making history for more than a decade. This is the Albanian soccer team. A combined that touched to reach the glory of qualifying for the Brazil World Cup 2014 And what if he managed to enter the European Championship in France? 2016 and in the next Eurocup of Germany 2024.

While it is true that they failed to qualify for World Cups such as 2018 nor in the 2022 and Qatar. In fact they have never played a final phase of a World Cup. Although even 2016 Nor had they played a Eurocup and they already carry 2 of the last 3. In the euro of France by the way, will fight in the same group against selections such as Spain and Italy.