In the post-match press conference, national team coach Rolando Maran expressed sadness over the way the defeat against Finland came. The Italian coach also highlighted the controversial episode in the opposing area, where referee Hennessy considered Uzun's fall to be a simulation, calling it a flagrant penalty.
Beyond all the factors that led to the reversal of the result, coach Rolando Maran raises his voice for another episode, this time in the Finnish area, when Uzuni was knocked down, but the Irish referee Hennessy continued the game. "There is a lot of bitterness, there is anger, because losing a match that you absolutely do not deserve to lose, because even 10 against 11 we were more dangerous. And with a penalty episode in the opposing area that seemed flagrant. That's why returning to Tirana without anything from this match makes you furious. What we were remains, what we showed, but without a point it hurts".
Albania in Helsinki, against Finland, lost not only the match, but also the first place in the group, in the third matches of Group C1 of the Nations League. Now Albania will close the campaign of the first four matches in Air Albania with San Marino, remaining in pursuit of Finland, which has one more point, to understand how the accounts will be built in the last two matches in November.
