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Albania beats San Marino 5-0 getting second place in standing

TIRANA, September 9/ATA/ Albanian national team won versus San Marino 5-0 in context of the matches of Group 1 qualifying round for the “World Cup 2022”, being promoted into the second place in the standing.

England is ranked the first with 16 points in Group 1. And Albania is ranked the second with 12 points.

The match was played at the “Elbasan Arena” stadium last evening while the national team was led by Coach Edoardo Reja.

Manaj scored the first goal in the 32nd minute. The first halftime ended with the score 1-0, while in the second halftime there were scored 4 other goals, Laçi at 58′, Broja at 61′, Hysaj at 68′ and Uzuni at 80′.

This was the fourth match the national team played against San Marino. Albania has won the 3 previous matches, 2 of which have been friendly. Albania has scored 8 goals in total and has suffered none./p.s./

 

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