TIRANA, February 3 /ATA/ The Albanian national football team will play a friendly against Wales on June 5, 2021.
The press office of the Albanian Football Association said that both associations have agreed on playing this match that will take place in Wales.
The match will be played at Cardiff City Stadium and will start at 18:00. This will be the fourth match between Albania and Wales in history, as in the past they have faced each other three times.
Albania has played against Wales for the 1996 European Championship qualifiers. The first match was played in Cardiff on September 7, 1994 and ended in a 2-0 victory for the home team. Goals were scored by Chris Coleman (10 ‘) and Ryan Giggs (67’).
The two countries played the second challenge on November 15, 1995 at the “Qemal Stafa” stadium in Tirana, the result was 1-1 draw. Sokol Kushta gave the Red and Blacks the lead with a goal scored in the 5th minute, while the Welsh equalized the figures in the 43rd minute through Mark Pembridge.
The third match between the two countries was played on November 20, 2018 at the “Elbasan Arena” stadium. The challenge, which was a friendly, ended with the 1-0 victory of Albania thanks to the goal of Bekim Balaj in the 58th minute. /a.a/r.e/p.s./
