euro2020 – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Albania suffer 0-2 defeat to Turkey in opening Euro 2020 qualifier https://en.ata.gov.al/2019/03/22/albania-suffer-0-2-defeat-to-turkey-in-opening-euro-2020-qualifier/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2019/03/22/albania-suffer-0-2-defeat-to-turkey-in-opening-euro-2020-qualifier/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:12:21 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=33083 SHKODER, March 22 /ATA/ – Albania kicked off their group H Euro 2020 qualifying campaign of to an unfortunate start on Friday evening, when they were defeated 0-2 by Turkey at Shkodra’s “Loro Boriçi stadium, some 90 km northwest of Tirana.

In the first half, despite a good start by Albania, it was Turkish national side who took the lead in the first 21st minute when Yilmaz capitalized on a mistake by Albania’s defense.

Turkey’s Calhanoglu scored the second goal in the 55th minute of the second half.

The game was officiated by a trio of German referees, namely Tobias Steiler main referee, and Mike Pickel and Christian Gittelman linesmen.

This was the Albania’s 11th encounter with Turkish national side. In their 10 previous encounters Turkey beat Albania four times, taking four defeats with the remaining two matches ending in a draw with a score result of 14 to 10 for Albania./ a.jor.  /u.sh/

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