The national team of Albania took a convincing victory 3-0 against Israel. The match started at 20:45 in ‘’Sammy Ofer’’ stadium in Haifa. The Red&Blacks led by coach Gianni De Biasi dominated the entire game, showing their best qualities, and was Armando Sadiku who left his trace in this match, worthy for the Qualifying Round of World Cup “Russia 2018’’. Sadiku scored twice , first in the 22nd minute of the first half , and the second one in the 44th minute of the same half. The second half started with Albania on the offence and in the 71st minute after an excellent action , the midfielder Memushaj scored the 3rd goal for Albania , thus concluding this important win in Israel. This victory places Albania in the third place, sharing the fourth place with Israel with the same amount of points. Albania will play next Lichtenstein on 2 September 2017.
The line-up of Albania: Strakosha, Hysaj, Gjimshiti, Mavraj, Aliji, Kukeli (Veseli 82′), Roshi (Lila 53′), Abrashi, Memushaj, Hyka, Sadiku (Çikalleshi 70′)
