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Abilaliaj after Partizan's loss: We practice penalties, that's why Domgjoni took it
2025-03-27 20:29:46 / SPORT
Partizan coach Arbër Abilaliaj stressed that the loss against Dinamo could have been avoided if the individual mistakes, which according to him are penalizing the team, had been avoided.
"First of all, I must say that considering the difficulty coefficient of the match, we did well in certain sections, at certain moments it was Dinamo that was more consolidated and moved the ball more freely. But considering the clear chances, it is a pity that we gave away the clearest chance ourselves with an individual mistake, even with the substitutions in the second half, with the entry of Eleke who gave us more physicality and presence in front of the area. If the match had been a draw, I think we would not have stolen anything, given the way it went.
Domgjoni's penalty? To be honest, even though we haven't taken a penalty in a while, the players have been taking penalties throughout this period in training. The shooters are determined. When Taipi is there, he shoots, when he's not there, Mehmeti shoots. Then there's Domgjoni. These are things that have been done for weeks in training. Bintsuka is not known for penalties, desire is one thing, while opportunity is another, we haven't left it to chance.
Dinamo's maneuver is a consolidated maneuver, it's not like there were any surprises. They create density, three levels in passing points and a diamond. The field was very fast, we didn't create asymmetry on the left with Keko and Domgjon because they were both late. We decided to switch in the second half, with the midfielders going up and a center back to accompany them. There were moments that we did well, and others that we didn't achieve due to the speed of the field. It's difficult to press up high on a fast field, but considering the chances that were created on both sides, I don't think we would have stolen anything with that penalty that we missed at the end.
We actually did the construction part on the sidelines, from there to create three different passing points. I don't allow the center backs to put the ball there, and the goalkeeper no, no. There was a moment, that at the moment the game was and how the players were expressing themselves... We had cases where Domgjoni would pass to the center and create combinations to go to the other wing, it's a pity that individual mistakes in the last 3-4 games are penalizing us.
We have started to give a little more space because the players also wanted their time, it is not easy to bring so many players and fit them into a system, especially when they are not in optimal shape to immediately enter the system. In this tight schedule of matches, we are forced to rotate and at this moment they are getting in good shape and helping us more in these tight matches.
"Elbasan four points away? If we didn't have confidence, we wouldn't have done this job at all. For the way the game went today, against an opponent that has been consolidated for a long time and has quality, we could have won if we had avoided these individual mistakes, because with the substitutions in the second half we had more freshness than Dinamo and we would have put more pressure in the 70th minute and beyond," Abilaliaj told RTSH after the match.
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