President Armand Duka held a press conference today, and among other things, confirmed the next change for the Final Four phase. Unlike other years, this time there will be no foreign judges.

Also, before confirming the news about the referees, President Duka indicated that the regulations for the next edition may change regarding the abandonment of matches. The reason for this was the boycott of matches for several minutes during this season.

The Duke stated that despite the tolerances, match abandonments have been repeated. For this reason, more attention will be given to cases like this season's, with Tirana, Vora and Egnatia as protagonists more than once.

What is your comment on the refereeing performance this season?

We have to say how satisfied we all are with the total activity, not from one episode, not from one match, not from one fragment. There are definitely mistakes. I am also unhappy with the Real-Bayern referee, who gave me a red card because I was with Real and not with Bayern (laughs). I am unhappy, but anyway, I don't know how the decision was, fair or unfair.

There are mistakes, but in general the level is not higher than football, but at the same level as football. There are no mistakes that distort the competition, I do not believe that at least in history, but also in the current championship, teams that deserve to be ranked higher, but are ranked lower due to arbitrary mistakes.

In the decision of a team to boycott or of an individual, boycott is the worst thing, especially in the game of football, in our game. Boycott is bad perhaps in all areas of life, but especially in our game. Regardless of whether the boycott comes from an unjust or just decision, boycott is punishable.

The behavior of the FSHF committees with the boycott has not been very correct in some cases and this has caused it to appear in the last championship, in at least 3 cases in my memory. 80% of the clubs have asked us to be stricter with the boycott, this could destroy us more. In the regulations of the next championship, perhaps there should be more attention if there are such cases.

So much for the judging that did not distort the competition. Will "Final4" be entrusted to Albanian referees or will we have foreign referees?

In previous years, a foreign referee has been hired to eliminate any prejudice or opinion, as there has only been one final. But this year it will be a mini-tournament, not a final, and the matches starting on May 16 and ending on May 31 at the “Air Albania” stadium will be judged by the best Albanian referees. The refereeing sector will appoint the referees who will be for the “Final 4”, and they will be chosen to judge on VAR and on the field.