VIDEO SHOWS: ALBANIA FOOTBALL TEAM DURING TRAINING / ALBANIA PRESS CONFERENCE / ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM PRESS CONFERENCE SHOWS: TIRANA, ALBANIA (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF ALBANIAN TEAM TRAINING 2. COACH SYLVINHO AND OTHER STAFF TALKING 3. VARIOUS OF ALBANIAN TEAM TRAINING 4. COACH, STAFF AND PLAYERS TALKING ON THE PITCH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian) ALBANIA DEFENDER BERAT DJIMSITI, SAYING: “The difference compared to other attackers is that Harry Kane moves a lot; he never stays close to the defenders, so he drops deep, goes into midfield, and takes the ball. He is very strong technically and has many qualities. I believe it’s a difficult match to play against him. If Foden plays, I think the qualities will be similar; he is also a player who moves a lot, and we have to be careful to communicate on the field and cooperate as good as possible in order to stop them.” 6. PLAYERS TRAINING 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALBANIAN COACH, SYLVINHO (SYLVIO MENDES CAMPOS JUNIOR), SAYING: “Don't make any confusion when you're talking about the English national team, they're in the World Cup, and of course they are one of the favourites to win the World Cup. Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France, they are on a completely different level. Don't make any confusion about us. We are very happy with our team, so we are the first time going to play the play-offs in March, but it's completely different. Now, tomorrow is a great game, it's a difficult game as well.” 8. EXTERIOR OF AIR ALBANIA STADIUM 9. ENGLAND CAPTAIN, HARRY KANE, ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 10.(SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND CAPTAIN, HARRY KANE, SAYING: “Yeah, I think there's still a lot of motivation. I think the last game of the year in an England shirt, it's always important to win for momentum, especially as we're not going to be together now for another four months or so; you don't want to go away with a feeling of defeat. Yeah, also, obviously, we know we're qualified and Albania are into the play-offs, but we still haven't conceded a goal yet, which I think is a great motivation to try and go through a whole campaign, keeping, you know, not conceding any goals would be a special achievement. So there's motivation for that. And then ultimately, I think it's always us against us almost. You know, as an England team, you're going to be favourites for most games that you play, and it's about reaching our level. You know, if we reach our level, we feel we can beat any team in the world, and it doesn't matter who the opposition are, we have to try and reach that level every time we step out onto the pitch, and tomorrow will be no different.” 11. VARIOUS OF MEDIA 12. ENGLAND COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, ARRIVING 13.(SOUNDBITE) (English) COACH OF ENGLAND, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: “Now we see that Albania, well-deserved, got the 2nd place. Like I said, they only conceded three goals. It's very, very difficult to create chances and convert chances against your team. So they are well trained, they are well drilled. I think we will dominate the game, I think, and I hope, but ball possession alone will not do it, so we need to control the game, but we also need to be aware to control the counter-attacks, maybe even before they create counter-chances, we need to control them, we need to have good counter-pressing and be aware of that.” 14. VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS ATTENDING PRESS CONFERENCE 15.TUCHEL LEAVING STORY: Albania’s football team held their final training session in Tirana, with coach Sylvinho and his staff overseeing preparations, one day before facing England. The teams meet on Sunday (November 16) as part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers, with England already through as Group K winners while Albania have secured second place and a spot in the March play-offs. The group also features Serbia, Latvia and Andorra. Albanian central defender Berat Djimsiti said England’s attack, led by Kane, posed a unique challenge. “The difference compared to other attackers is that Harry Kane moves a lot; he never stays close to the defenders, so he drops deep, goes into midfield, and takes the ball,” Djimsiti told reporters. Coach Sylvinho said England remain among the World Cup favourites despite Albania reaching the playoff stage. “Don’t make any confusion when you’re talking about the English national team… Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France, they are on a completely different level,” he said. Kane, speaking later at England’s press conference, said the team were motivated to finish the year strongly and complete qualification without conceding. “If we reach our level, we feel we can beat any team in the world,” he said. “I think it's always us against us almost. You know, as an England team, you're going to be favourites for most games that you play, and it's about reaching our level.” England coach Thomas Tuchel praised Albania’s defensive discipline. “They only conceded three goals… it’s very difficult to create chances against them,” he said, adding England would need more than possession to control the match.” (Production: Fatos Bytyci, Florion Goga)
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