TIRANA, October 20 /ATA/- The coach of the Albanian National Team Edoardo Reja announced the list of 23 invited players for the October 26 friendly against Saudi Arabia, which will be played in Abu Dhabi.
Most of the players come from the Albanian championship and it is the first time for most of them that they are invited to the red and blacks representative team. Meanwhile, 9 of them are players that come from foreign clubs and most of them have been regularly in the national team.
The goalkeepers called are Elhan Kastrati, Gentian Selmani and Arlis Shala, while in defense sector there are prominent players of the championship Albion Marku, Erdenis Gurishta, Andi Hadroj, Hakaj, Rudolf Turkaj, Stivian Janku, Ardit Toli, Ene Bitri as well as Mario Mitaj, which is activated with Lokomotiv Moscow.
In the midfield sector there are Esat Mala, Sherif Kallaku, Lorenzo Vila, Arbnor Muçolli, Ardit Deliu, Arinaldo Rrapaj, while Odise Roshi returns, while the forward sector will consist of Bekim Balaj, Sokol Cikalleshi, Xhuljano Skuka and Redon Xhixha.
The representative team will start gathering on October 22 at the Tropikal complex in Durrës and on October 24 will travel to Abu Dhabi where there will continue preparations for the friendly match.
The first match in the history of Albania with Saudi Arabia will take place at “Al Nahyan Stadium” in Abu Dhabi and will start at 18:30 local time (16:30 Albanian time).
Also, the match will be a good opportunity to test and see in action especially the prominent elements of the Albanian championship./p.s./
