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Sylvinho’s Shqiperia sleeps through its big night

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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