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by Layth Yousif in Tirana 

THE headline in Albania’s national sports newspaper the morning after the night before was telling.

The Panorama Sport daily paper thundered: “Albania is asleep, Ukraine gives us a cold shower,” after the home side were unexpectedly beaten 2-1 in Tirana by Serhiy Rebrov’s Ukraine.

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