Capturing the spirit of a global night in a European city, Rama shared video of Tirana’s main square, where ecstatic fans watched the thrilling match and celebrated Argentina’s win.

Located in the city center, the Fan Zone united locals and international visitors in a sea of flags and roaring cheers as the match played out on a massive screen.

Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the World Cup final with a hard-fought 2-1 win over England. Two decisive, late goals capped off an intense and highly competitive matchup.

The 2026 World Cup reaches its climax this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. EDT, as reigning champions Argentina take on Spain in the ultimate showdown at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium. /gj.m/ /a.g/p.s./

The stadium is expected to be crowded with red and black fans today, as the Albanian Football Association said that all available tickets for Albania – Latvia match have been sold out.

After four matches played, Albania is in the third place in the standing with 5 points.

England leads Group K with 12 points, Serbia is the second with 7 points, while Latvia has 4 points.

Today’s match is decisive for the team led by Sylvinhos, whose only objective is victory in order to continue hoping for a qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Albania and Latvia have faced each other 6 times in history and all the matches have ended in a draw.

The referees to the match will be the Polish Damian Sylwestrzak, Pawel Sokolnicki and Adam Karasewicz, while in the VAR system will be Piotr Lasyk and Pawel Malec. /gj.m//a.f/p.s./

Dervishi said that as a result of violence exercised by fans of both finalist teams, 19 police officers on duty were injured, one of whom got wounded by knife.

While four service vehicles of the State Police were damaged.

Dervishi also said that, “10 citizens asked for medical assistance, 5 of whom were Albanian citizens, 3 Italians and 2 Dutch”.

“60 problematic fans from both teams were escorted to the premises of the State Police. Also, today in the early hours of the morning, 80 Italian hooligan fans were deported through the Port of Durrës, for whom, in addition to their departure, there will be pursued the relevant procedures in cooperation with the Italian Football Federation, including their ban from sports stadiums and other measures taken in implementation of the law”, underlined Dervishi./p.s./

Through a giant screen placed in the center of the square, the sports fans were enjoying last evening in a fantastic space the England-Scotland match.

The citizens enjoyed the beautiful moments given by the football players, while amidst the cheers after every opportunity to score, the fans expressed optimism that life is slowly returning to normalcy.

From the first day of the European Championship, “Tirana Fan Zone” operates in the afternoons and evenings for matches, but also during the morning adapting to many activities.

From June 11 to July 11, citizens will be able to watch the matches in “Skënderbej” square.

With the facilitation of anti-Covid measures and the progress of the vaccination process, the Albanian capital is slowly opening up returning to normalcy and old life before the pandemic./p.s./