Scotland Women v Albania
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 Qualifiers Hampden Park, Glasgow Friday 23rd October, 2020 | KO 7.30pm
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SCOTLAND v ALBANIA / UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2021 QUALIFIER<br />
SWNT MAKE<br />
WELCOME<br />
RETURN<br />
It’s been a long seven months but the<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> <strong>Women</strong>’s National Team<br />
are finally back in action tonight.<br />
When the final whistle blew in Pinatar<br />
after the win against Northern<br />
Ireland, no-one would have been able<br />
to predict what the world would have<br />
to endure in the coming months.<br />
Players returned home and took time<br />
to reflect but thankfully football is<br />
now back and this week Shelley Kerr<br />
geared her squad up for two matches,<br />
firstly <strong>Albania</strong>, before the team visit<br />
Finland at the start of next week.<br />
Here is what the players have been<br />
up to over the last few months when<br />
they were unable to take to the pitch.<br />
1. RACHEL CORSIE<br />
The skipper set up a brand new<br />
podcast ‘Behind The Goals’, with<br />
team-mate Leanne Crichton.<br />
2. HANNAH GODFREY<br />
The Tottenham Hotspur defender<br />
enjoyed socially-distanced catch-ups<br />
with her gran.<br />
3. CLAIRE EMSLIE<br />
Claire celebrated the first birthday of<br />
her dog, Bonnie.<br />
4. ERIN CUTHBERT<br />
The Chelsea star took in the fresh air<br />
while back in Irvine during lockdown.<br />
5. CAROLINE WEIR<br />
Caroline went back to basics to keep<br />
training.<br />
6. CHRISTIE MURRAY<br />
The Birmingham City captain found<br />
a partner to help with her lockdown<br />
training sessions.<br />
7. JANE ROSS<br />
Manchester United’s striker took a trip<br />
down memory lane back home on the<br />
Isle of Bute.<br />
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4<br />
FROM THE DUGOUT<br />
SHELLEY KERR<br />
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Shelley, how does it feel to be back<br />
Q looking forward to international football<br />
once again?<br />
A<br />
It feels really good as we’ve not had football<br />
to look forward to since the Pinatar Cup<br />
back in March. We’ve already been to a Euro<br />
Finals, back in 2017, and we want to reach<br />
another. The upcoming two games are a step<br />
towards achieving that goal and it’s an exciting<br />
time for us as a group.<br />
It’s been a difficult last seven months but at<br />
the forefront of my mind has been that this is<br />
a global pandemic and football is secondary.<br />
You just need to find a different way of working<br />
and engaging with different people. It’s been<br />
really good recently for me being able to watch<br />
a lot of games, especially down south, as<br />
the players have been involved in some big<br />
fixtures.<br />
It’s exciting that we’ve got the prospect of<br />
these two matches, against <strong>Albania</strong> first and<br />
then Finland. The September fixtures were<br />
postponed and rearranged for February next<br />
year, which I think was the right decision as the<br />
players would have been vulnerable in terms of<br />
where they were at physically, with not having<br />
played many games.<br />
Q<br />
You’ve named a consistent squad for the<br />
upcoming games, you must be happy to<br />
keep that familiarity within the group?<br />
A<br />
It was a fantastic experience for the team in<br />
March as we achieved all of our objectives,<br />
winning the Pinatar Cup and experimenting<br />
with our squad.<br />
We still have some players who are not<br />
available but it’s a competitive, strong squad<br />
and that’s what we’ve always set out to do.<br />
I’ve been really impressed with Lucy Graham<br />
recently who has captained Everton well,<br />
getting to the FA Cup Final.<br />
Kirsty Hanson, who missed out last time<br />
round due to an ankle injury, has also done<br />
exceptionally well for Manchester United since<br />
the season started back. She won Player of<br />
the Month in England recently too.<br />
Q<br />
The new Covid-19 restrictions will<br />
obviously take a bit of getting used to. How<br />
have the players and staff coped with that?<br />
A<br />
A lot of our players have experienced the<br />
rigorous testing procedures at their clubs<br />
and are now really used to the procedures in<br />
place. We’ve made a few changes within the<br />
camp, with players having their own rooms<br />
and meal times being staggered, but these are<br />
the procedures we need to work with right now<br />
and we’re all just glad that football is back.<br />
We’ve got the experience of Doctor John<br />
MacLean and Graeme Jones, our High<br />
Performance Manager, who have been<br />
instrumental in terms of putting the protocols<br />
together for the return of international matches<br />
in <strong>Scotland</strong>. We’ve also got an intelligent group<br />
of players who understand the protocols.<br />
Myself and the coaching staff have enjoyed<br />
being back on the training pitch this week and<br />
can’t wait to see the players back involved in a<br />
match again.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
How do you assess the upcoming<br />
matches?<br />
We know <strong>Albania</strong> well and I think they’re<br />
getting better and better. They’ve got some<br />
good individual players, they’ll shoot from<br />
distance and try and play a bit too. If we give<br />
them time and space they’ll give us problems.<br />
We need to make sure we start well. It’ll be<br />
strange playing a home game in front of no<br />
fans, especially when our crowds have been<br />
growing rapidly, but it’ll be down to the players<br />
on the pitch to generate their own atmosphere<br />
and motivate each other to victory.<br />
After tonight’s game we travel to Finland to<br />
face a very strong and well-organised team,<br />
led by my old coach Anna Signeul who I’ve got<br />
a lot of respect for. They’ll be a tough opponent<br />
to play against and they’ve proved to be a<br />
talented side so far in the group, scoring a late<br />
equaliser against Portugal.<br />
These are the games you want to be involved<br />
in. Despite not having fans inside Tynecastle<br />
tonight, I hope all of our supporters enjoy<br />
watching the match from home thanks to<br />
BBC ALBA.<br />
5<br />
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PLAYER FOCUS<br />
MARTHA FEELING<br />
AT HOME<br />
WITH SCOTLAND<br />
6<br />
Earlier this year Martha Thomas took the international stage by<br />
storm, scoring two goals against Ukraine on her <strong>Scotland</strong> debut.<br />
The West Ham United striker chose<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> despite having other options<br />
of countries to play for and now she<br />
aims to do her family proud in the dark<br />
blue of <strong>Scotland</strong>.<br />
Born in England and brought up in<br />
America, Thomas has an interesting<br />
background and ahead of tonight’s<br />
match against <strong>Albania</strong> she sat down to<br />
chat about her journey so far and her<br />
future ambitions with Shelley Kerr’s side.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
What are your reflections on your<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> debut back in March?<br />
It seems so long ago now but going<br />
into that match I just wanted to fit<br />
into the squad and do anything I could<br />
to help the team win the game, and<br />
the tournament.<br />
To walk away with two goals on my<br />
debut was a surprise for me but I was<br />
thrilled. I had my family in the crowd too,<br />
so all in all it was a really special trip.<br />
I want to build on that now.<br />
All of the girls were really open and<br />
accepting to me. I never felt out of<br />
place at all and that is credit to them<br />
and the staff.<br />
I was thrilled scoring on my debut<br />
and the biggest thing for me is to<br />
now continue that form as I set high<br />
standards for myself.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
What was playing international<br />
football like?<br />
It was a dream come true. To have<br />
played at the top level internationally<br />
and ticked that box is great. It was<br />
a special moment for myself and my<br />
family. I’m now aiming to get an official<br />
UEFA cap and represent <strong>Scotland</strong> at<br />
tournaments. That would be massive<br />
for me.<br />
If you watched the first game I played<br />
I did struggle a bit at times in Spain<br />
as it’s such a high pace. After a<br />
while I settled into the game, grew in<br />
confidence and managed to score two.<br />
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You had the chance to play for<br />
Q England. Why did you choose<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong>?<br />
A<br />
I’ve got a lot of Scottish pride from<br />
my mum’s side of the family, with my<br />
great uncle playing football in <strong>Scotland</strong>.<br />
His name is Jim Kirkland and he played<br />
for Aberdeen a while ago. All of the<br />
people in my family who are interested<br />
in football are Scottish. My mum’s side<br />
is Scottish and my dad is English. My<br />
brothers are both 50/50. I know I don’t<br />
sound Scottish, but I feel it. As soon as<br />
the opportunity arose I jumped at it and<br />
I see a long future with <strong>Scotland</strong>.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
What was your upbringing like?<br />
I was born in England and my<br />
family moved to America when I<br />
was five. I grew up in South Florida until<br />
I went to university at 18. I went to uni<br />
in North Carolina at Charlotte and then<br />
moved to France, playing a year there.<br />
I was only considered a US resident<br />
and not a citizen, so I played for the US<br />
Under-23s but not having citizenship I<br />
couldn’t play fully for the national team.<br />
Q<br />
After the Pinatar Cup the country<br />
entered a full lockdown. How did<br />
you find that time?<br />
A<br />
It was hard as I was on such a high<br />
after representing <strong>Scotland</strong>. It was<br />
about a week later that the country<br />
when into a full shut down. It was a bit<br />
of a downer but it is what it is. No-one<br />
could foresee a global pandemic and<br />
it was just a weird period, especially<br />
for footballers as you had no work. My<br />
days just consisted of keeping in shape<br />
whatever way possible and not going<br />
far to exercise. I was lucky enough to<br />
spend it with my girlfriend and her<br />
family in Wales with beautiful scenery.<br />
Q<br />
What’s it been like playing football<br />
again with West Ham, now the<br />
season has resumed?<br />
A<br />
It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster as<br />
I was buzzing to be back and I felt<br />
sharp after a period of rest. I then picked<br />
up a pre-season injury, so my first<br />
game back was last weekend against<br />
Manchester United. I’m delighted to be<br />
back fit and included for this camp.<br />
7<br />
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You were involved in a BBC<br />
Q documentary, charting your time<br />
at West Ham last season, and in<br />
particular a meeting where you opened<br />
up to the team about struggles you<br />
were going through at the time. What<br />
was that like?<br />
A<br />
It took some getting used to with<br />
cameras following us around but they<br />
were great with it and were respectful<br />
if you didn’t want to do something.<br />
They filmed bits you wouldn’t want<br />
the public to see but the point of the<br />
documentary was to show the life of a<br />
women’s footballer in England. It gave a<br />
good insight into the everyday life and<br />
struggles of a footballer. It’s not always<br />
as good as people think.<br />
On a personal note it was an emotional<br />
time for me as it was the first time I’d<br />
played professionally. I felt like I wasn’t<br />
contributing to the team winning games<br />
and that my team-mates didn’t trust<br />
me to play me the ball, but in reality I<br />
think it was more about me struggling<br />
with confidence and mental health. That<br />
meeting was a good turnaround for me<br />
and I got a lot of good feedback from the<br />
players and the coaches. From that point<br />
I did well against Liverpool and then<br />
obviously went away with <strong>Scotland</strong> and<br />
scored two on my debut.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
What are your ambitions with the<br />
national team?<br />
I want to achieve big things with<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong>. I want to represent them at<br />
the Euros and the World Cup. My family<br />
are so proud of me playing for <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
which is a nice feeling. They were<br />
booked to come to the game in June and<br />
I know they’d love to be at Tynecastle<br />
tonight. I’ve not seen them since March<br />
when they were in Spain so hopefully<br />
I can do them proud against <strong>Albania</strong>.<br />
9<br />
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SCOTTISH FA LAUNCH GRASSROOTS<br />
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the potential for thousands of<br />
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Some 57 percent of Scottish<br />
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financial assistance during<br />
these difficult times and<br />
allowing young people to<br />
continue to play the game<br />
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Scottish FA Chief Executive<br />
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acutely aware at the Scottish<br />
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which is a situation I am not<br />
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SCOTTISH FA CALLS FOR UNITY<br />
The Scottish FA has called on football to unite to make the country’s national<br />
sport more representative and inclusive than ever before.<br />
Football Unites invites stakeholders at<br />
every level of the game to come together<br />
and deliver meaningful change, which will<br />
ensure Scottish football is more reflective and<br />
representative of the country’s demographic.<br />
The strategy was launched at Oriam, Edinburgh,<br />
by Malcolm Kpedekpo, the Scottish FA’s<br />
independent non-executive board director and<br />
former Aberdeen striker, Pauline MacDonald,<br />
the <strong>Scotland</strong> <strong>Women</strong>’s Under-17 coach who is<br />
currently completing her UEFA Pro Licence, and<br />
David McArdle, the Scottish FA’s Diversity and<br />
Inclusion Manager.<br />
Football Unites aims to remove barriers to<br />
access and participate in football and a platform<br />
to educate the wider football community on the<br />
challenges and requirements for diverse groups<br />
to access the game, and allow their voices to be<br />
heard. The framework is based around four key<br />
strategic pillars:<br />
• LEAD by example in implementing diversity<br />
and inclusion practice<br />
• INSPIRE individuals to view the power of<br />
football within diversity and inclusion<br />
• EDUCATE the Scottish game on improving<br />
the footballing diversity and inclusion<br />
environment<br />
• GROW the diverse representation within<br />
Scottish football<br />
After achieving the prestigious Advanced Level<br />
for the Equality Standard for Sport in 2019,<br />
and becoming the only Football Association<br />
and one of only a few governing bodies in<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> to achieve this award, the Scottish FA<br />
has re-affirmed its commitment to delivering<br />
sustainable change and greater diversity<br />
throughout the sport.<br />
The Equality Standard for Sport was launched<br />
by the UK Sports Councils to address inequality<br />
within the sports sector and the Scottish FA<br />
achieved Foundation Level back in 2009,<br />
Preliminary Level in 2012 and the Intermediate<br />
Level in 2014.<br />
Malcolm Kpedekpo said: “The Football Unites<br />
framework is a well-researched, tangible and<br />
ambitious document produced by a group of<br />
experts in this subject and we ask everyone<br />
involved in our game to support it.<br />
“I suffered racism as a player and want to<br />
help bring about change to the game: there is<br />
no place for discrimination of any kind within<br />
football, or indeed wider society.<br />
“We are making progress in Scottish football but<br />
we have a long way to go and this framework<br />
will help us bring about more change to<br />
ensure our game is more representative from<br />
the boardroom to the dressing room and<br />
everywhere in between.”<br />
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TYNECASTLE PARK / FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2020
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THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR<br />
The <strong>Scotland</strong> <strong>Women</strong>’s National Team return to European Qualification<br />
tonight, with nearly a year passing since their previous fixture in Group E.<br />
The football shutdown<br />
brought a halt to<br />
fixtures across the<br />
globe throughout 2020,<br />
forcing <strong>Scotland</strong>’s<br />
encounters with <strong>Albania</strong><br />
and Portugal to be<br />
postponed.<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> will now play<br />
two matches this month<br />
before fixtures against<br />
Portugal and Finland at<br />
the end of the year.<br />
Clashes against Cyprus<br />
and Portugal will take<br />
place in February 2021,<br />
with dates still to be<br />
confirmed.<br />
Now though, Shelley<br />
Kerr’s team are set<br />
to return to the pitch<br />
for the first time since<br />
March, with <strong>Albania</strong> at<br />
Tynecastle up first before<br />
a trip to table-toppers<br />
Finland.<br />
The Scots find themselves<br />
in a strong position<br />
following emphatic<br />
victories in the opening<br />
two games of the group.<br />
It all started with a<br />
resounding 8-0 victory<br />
over Cyprus back in<br />
August 2019.<br />
A crowd of 6,206<br />
watched <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
produce a totally<br />
dominant display at<br />
Easter Road, in what was<br />
their first match since the<br />
World Cup in the summer<br />
of 2019.<br />
Kim Little bagged five<br />
after Claire Emslie had<br />
opened the scoring.<br />
Jane Ross and Caroline<br />
Weir were also on the<br />
scoresheet that night.<br />
Shelley Kerr’s side<br />
brought an historic year<br />
to an end in style with<br />
a 5-0 win over tonight’s<br />
opponents <strong>Albania</strong>.<br />
The manager handed a<br />
start to Kirsty Hanson and<br />
Hannah Godfrey as the<br />
duo made their debuts,<br />
but it was a familiar<br />
face who opened the<br />
scoring. Emslie, making<br />
no mistake from inside the<br />
six-yard box, slammed<br />
the ball home before Jane<br />
Ross scored her 60th goal<br />
for her country shortly<br />
after the 20th minute.<br />
Erin Cuthbert added a<br />
third, Godfrey scored on<br />
her debut and Christie<br />
Murray added the fifth<br />
to round off a wonderful<br />
away performance from<br />
the Scots.<br />
2020 started strongly for<br />
Kerr’s team, with a perfect<br />
Pinatar Cup campaign.<br />
Martha Thomas made it<br />
a debut to remember as<br />
she scored twice in a 3-0<br />
win over Ukraine, with<br />
Emslie adding the third in<br />
the opening game back in<br />
March.<br />
A 1-0 win over Iceland<br />
followed thanks to a<br />
second-half winner from<br />
EURO<br />
2022<br />
RESULTS<br />
SO FAR<br />
SCOTLAND 8<br />
CYPRUS 0<br />
ALBANIA 0<br />
SCOTLAND 5<br />
FIXTURES<br />
23.10.20<br />
SCOTLAND V<br />
ALBANIA<br />
Tynecastle Park<br />
27.10.20<br />
FINLAND V<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
Bolt Arena, Helsinki<br />
27.11.20:<br />
PORTUGAL V<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
TBC<br />
01.12.20:<br />
SCOTLAND V<br />
FINLAND<br />
Easter Road<br />
February 2021:<br />
CYPRUS V<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
TBC<br />
February 2021:<br />
SCOTLAND V<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
TBC<br />
GROUP E<br />
Abbi Grant and with<br />
other results going their<br />
way, Kerr’s players soon<br />
discovered they had won<br />
the tournament with a<br />
game to spare.<br />
That didn’t result in<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> downing tools<br />
though, as they brought<br />
the campaign to a perfect<br />
close with a 2-1 win over<br />
Northern Ireland.<br />
After falling behind,<br />
Cuthbert and Grant<br />
bagged goals to make it<br />
three wins from three.<br />
P W D L F A GD Pts<br />
Finland 4 3 1 0 16 2 14 10<br />
<strong>Scotland</strong> 2 2 0 0 13 0 13 6<br />
Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4<br />
<strong>Albania</strong> 5 1 0 4 3 17 -14 3<br />
Cyprus 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14 0<br />
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QUICKFIRE Q&A<br />
HANNAH<br />
GODFREY<br />
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Favourite stadium you’ve played at?<br />
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. We played<br />
against Arsenal and it was an amazing<br />
experience, starting with all the build-up<br />
and then playing in a North London<br />
derby in front of 38,000 fans.<br />
Favourite holiday destinations? Greece<br />
or Tennessee, USA.<br />
Best game you’ve been involved in and<br />
why? It is tough to pick between two.<br />
Tottenham vs West Ham at the Olympic<br />
Stadium was brilliant because we won<br />
2-0, there was a huge crowd in and I got<br />
my first Player of the Match award. It<br />
was a really exciting game to play in.<br />
My debut for <strong>Scotland</strong> vs <strong>Albania</strong> last<br />
year was really special too. It was my<br />
first 90 minutes for <strong>Scotland</strong>, my first<br />
cap and I scored in a 5-0 win.<br />
Pre-match meal? Porridge, and peanut<br />
butter and jam on toast.<br />
Best player you’ve played with and<br />
why? Caroline Weir or Kim Little. They’re<br />
two of the most technical players I’ve<br />
played with, and they always want<br />
the ball.<br />
Best player you’ve played against and<br />
why? Beth England in our first game of<br />
the 2019-20 season. She’s an all round<br />
centre forward who is strong on and off<br />
the ball. Her movement makes it hard to<br />
defend against and she’s clinical in front<br />
of goal.<br />
If you could be a <strong>Scotland</strong> team-mate<br />
for a day, who would you be? Kim Little<br />
because she’s an all round professional<br />
both on and off the pitch. It would be<br />
interesting to see first hand how she<br />
goes about her week in training and<br />
how she prepares for games.<br />
Most memorable game you’ve<br />
been to? Chelsea vs Barcelona in the<br />
Champions League. I was able to watch<br />
some of the best players in the world in<br />
a very entertaining game.<br />
Favourite <strong>Scotland</strong> kit of all time?<br />
I really like the current kits, both home<br />
and away. If I had to choose one, it<br />
would be the light blue away kit, but I<br />
think they’ve got smarter every year.<br />
Favourite film? Free Willy.<br />
Favourite TV shows? Grey’s Anatomy<br />
and Station 19.<br />
Any phobias? Heights, claustrophobic<br />
and tuna.<br />
Most famous person you’ve met?<br />
Jose Mourinho.<br />
Pet hates? Loud eaters and people who<br />
sit in the middle lane when driving.<br />
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MANAGER:<br />
Shelley Kerr<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
Lee Alexander<br />
Glasgow City<br />
Jenna Fife<br />
Rangers<br />
Shannon Lynn<br />
Vittsjö GIK<br />
Rachael Boyle<br />
Hibernian<br />
Rachel Corsie<br />
Birmingham City *<br />
Nicola Docherty<br />
Rangers<br />
Hannah Godfrey<br />
Tottenham Hotspur<br />
Sophie Howard<br />
Leicester City<br />
Rachel McLauchlan<br />
Glasgow City<br />
Emma Mitchell<br />
Reading<br />
Kirsty Smith<br />
Manchester United<br />
Amy Muir<br />
Hibernian<br />
Leanne Crichton<br />
Glasgow City<br />
Lucy Graham<br />
Everton<br />
Christie Murray<br />
Birmingham City<br />
Caroline Weir<br />
Manchester City<br />
Lizzie Arnot<br />
Rangers<br />
Erin Cuthbert<br />
Chelsea<br />
Claire Emslie<br />
Everton**<br />
Abbi Grant<br />
Birmingham City<br />
Kirsty Hanson<br />
Manchester United<br />
Zoe Ness<br />
Rangers<br />
Jane Ross<br />
Manchester United<br />
Martha Thomas<br />
West Ham United<br />
*On loan from Utah Royals<br />
**On loan from Orlando Pride<br />
MANAGER:<br />
Armir Grimaj<br />
Match Officials<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
O<br />
Viona Rexhepi<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Antigona Hysko<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Meriem Isa<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Albina Rrahmani<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Arbenita Curraj<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Aidena Mustafa<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Endrina Elezaj<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Arbiona Bajraktari<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Paula Jaku<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Megi Doci<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Suada Jashari<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Sara Maliqi<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Lucije Gjini<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Vanesa Levendi<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Alketa Rragami<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Qendresa Krasniqi<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Esi Lufo<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Kristina Maksuti<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Mimoza Hamidi<br />
Lechia Gdańsk<br />
Zylfiji Bajramaj<br />
Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (ITA)<br />
Assistant referee 1: Lucia Abruzzese (ITA)<br />
Assistant referee 2: Tiziana Trasciatti (ITA)<br />
Fourth official: Martina Molinaro (ITA)<br />
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Jenna Fife<br />
MATCHDAY<br />
PLAYLIST<br />
Heart and Soul: Twin Atlantic<br />
Blinding Lights: The Weeknd<br />
I’m Gonna Be (500 miles): The Proclaimers<br />
Feel the Love: Rudimental, John Newman<br />
Lose Control: MEDUZA, Becky Hill, Goodboys<br />
Levels: Avicii<br />
One Dance: Drake, WizKid, Kyla<br />
One Kiss: Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa<br />
Mr. Brightside: The Killers<br />
Crown: Stormzy<br />
Thunder: Imagine Dragons<br />
Giants: Dermot Kennedy<br />
17: MK<br />
Sun Queen: Gerry Cinnamon<br />
Belter: Gerry Cinnamon<br />
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