This academy will aim to develop young talents, involve the community and build a new multifunctional sports ground in Tirana.

Minister Gonxhja wrote in the social media that, “The talks focused on establishment of a strategic cooperation aimed at improving the standards and creating opportunities for young football talents in Albania and the region”.

“We agreed on the final steps and very soon Mr. Marotta is expected to visit Albania to formalize our cooperation. This is an important development for Albanian sport in partnership with a global brand and a cornerstone for the sports education of future generations”, said Gonxhja.

This project would not only be a sports collaboration, but also a comprehensive social and educational initiative, which would directly connect the legendary “Inter” with local and regional sports fans.

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Gonxhja and Ranochia discussed a concrete opportunity to establish an “Inter Football Academy” in the capital, soon.

Gonxhja emphasized that this would be a worthy idea and objective for the excellent work that Inter Club Albania is doing and would be a golden opportunity for sports and educational development of “Kombinat” quarter and at the national level.

“With former Captain Andrea Ranocchia and the official Inter delegation in Tirana, we talked about the concrete possibility of an “Inter Football Academy” in the capital, soon, an idea and objective well-deserved for the excellent work that Inter Club Albania is doing, in which we are involved. It would be a golden opportunity for sports and educational development for the “Kombinat” quarter and at the national level, which we will pursue as a project and as a black-and-blue passion in cooperation with the sports community and our sports structures!”, Gonxhja wrote in a post in the social media. /j.p/p.s./

The course guided by the Training Department of the Association, which started on September 13, ended today with the graduation ceremony. The sporting director of Inter and a very famous name in Italian football Piero Ausilio was also present in the event.

Ausilio arrived in Tirana on Tuesday morning and started his visit at the premises of the “House of Football”, where he met the coach of the Albanian National Team Sylvinho, his assistants Dorival Guidoni Junior and Pablo Zabaleta and some of the players of the National Team, among them the Inter football player Kristjan Asllani.

Then, Ausilio was present at the graduation ceremony of the new sporting directors and shared his great experience as a sporting director in front of the audience.

Later on, Ausilio highlighted for fshf.org the great work done by the Football Association for the development of football in our country, while he also positively assessed the investments made in the “House of Football”.

The sporting director of Inter also commented on the choice of Sylvinho as coach of the National Team and indicated that he will be present on Thursday at the “Air Albania” stadium to watch the match between Albania and the Czech Republic.

“I found a very modern association that is doing the utmost to promote football in Albania.”

Ausilio also conveyed a message to the new sporting directors and called on them to work with passion to achieve success in football.

Ausilio ended his speech with a praise for the fans and showed that they are one more push to do things better and to work with pleasure and pride all the time./p.s./