I have never spoken about this/ Gjimshit's confession: I was very upset when I left out "Euro 2016"...

2023-12-01 17:48:29 / SPORT ALFA PRESS

I have never spoken about this/ Gjimshit's confession: I was very upset

The captain of our national team, Berat Gjimshiti, has recently given a very interesting interview for the show "Extra Time" on Youtube to the journalist Klaudio Ndreca. The defender of Atalanta has spoken about everything regarding Albania, the time when he was left out of Euro 2016, but also about the upcoming European Championship.

"At first, when I learned that I was left out of the European Championship in France, I was nervous. I have never talked about this, only with my family and my wife. In those moments I was nervous, but still that moment gave me the mentality I have today, it increased my self-confidence. I am a man who "has a grudge", every player should have "a little bit of grudge" in him to push forward.

And that very moment pushed me a lot, I said to myself: 'You have to show him more definitely what Gjimshiti is worth'. I'm a guy who doesn't want to talk too much, this interview with you today on camera is the first one I've done, I've never done it before because I want my privacy and I don't want to talk too much in the media.

I can honestly say that even in the moment of nervousness when I found out that I would not be in the European Championship, it never occurred to me to leave Albania. Of course it was a little difficult moment, but a week later when my friends left for France for the European, I took the plane and fled to Switzerland.

After that I fled to Switzerland, took the plane again with two friends and came to Tirana, I spent my holidays in Tirana. For a week, maybe everything that happened stuck in my throat, but after a week I completely forgot and supported Albania as a fan", said Gjimshiti.

 

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