At 0-0 they stayed Albania and Serbia in Tirana, in the most episodic match of the 3rd match for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. A clash that had a great deal of intensity three times when Serbian players were hit by objects, one was even the one was Andriya Zivkovic of PAOK.
Just at 8 ′ of the match in Tirana, Sasa Lukic of Serbia attempted to execute a corner and received objects from Albanian fans (one of them seems to have found him on his head), which resulted in a short break.
New tension and interruption was at 60 ′ of the match, when Strachinza Erakovic received an object in the head – at a time near the side of the side – by fans of the home side.
The … evil triggered at 68 ′, when Andriya Zivkovic was found fallen on the pitch (and near the line of the side), having received some object. This was also the third mini interruption of the race.
The referee, David Massa, called on the leaders of the two teams, and there were recommendations from the loudspeakers so that there would be no other similar move from the platform, as the race would have a definitive interruption.
When the spirits calmed down, the game continued normally to end without score (0-0). In the half -time delays, Petrovic fired a penalty shootout by depriving the Albanians a huge opportunity. In the 53rd, AEK’s goalkeeper Thomas Strakasa was the one who kept the “zero” for his team, making an unlikely operation.
In other matches, the Netherlands easily passed from Helsinki 2-0 over Finland, while Austria dominated Romania in Vienna.
Results and scorer:
Malta-Lithuania 0-0
Finland-Dutch 0-2
(6΄ Depay, 23΄ Doumpry)
Bosnia/Herzegovina-like Marino 1-0
(66 ′ Jeko)
Austria-Romania 2-1
(42΄ Gregoric, 60΄ Zambitser – 90+5΄ Tanas)
Andorian-England 0-1
(50΄ Kane)
Albania-Serbia 0-0