Head of the Albanian Football Association Armand Duka expressed his pain at the loss.

“I was saddened at the news that the commentator, journalist and a symbol voice of the Albanian Radio-Television Vladimir Grillo passed away. I want to share with you dear friends and members of the football community the pain of this loss. Grillo was a symbol of sports commentary, which has accompanied, not only the successes and events of Albanian football, but also every major sporting event in Albania! Albanian football community will remember him as a symbol of sports commentary”, said Duka.

Sports commentator Vladimir Grillo has been part of the Albanian Radio-Television for more than 40 years. He was distinguished for his selected vocabulary and professional glossary as he commented on the matches.

With a characteristic voice, professionalism, deep knowledge of sports, he has made thousands of hours of comments on national and international matches, for all sports events./m.m//a.a/p.s./