Redon Xhixha had his say after Tirana's 3-1 victory over Egnatia. The white-and-blue captain contributed with a penalty goal and an assist.

"A very important victory because it motivates us for the remaining matches, as there are few. In terms of physical condition, I have not been at my best. In the past period, I did not do well with the team I was with. I am recovering, but I have also been penalized by two injuries. Today I was better, but I hope that as the matches go by I will be even better.

Dinamo and Partizan, consecutively? The derby has its own importance, it motivates you more. All the matches now are finals, let's take them one by one and get the points. Derbies are derbies, they have all three results, you never know how it will turn out.

To be honest, I started well in January, but with Egnatia I had an injury in Rrogozhina. But that, it penalized me and left me out for 3 weeks. As soon as I came back, I had another injury with Ballshi. I'm recovering, I'm trying to give my best, both on the left and in the center, Xhixha is the same, to help the team where it needs it.

What has changed from Nuhiu to Shehi? The professor, as we all know, is a big name in Albania, he has proven it with all the teams. Naturally, he has his own way of motivating us every day in training, when the match comes we are 100% ready to give our best.

"The fans' expectations for the derby? The desire is to score in every match. In the derby it doesn't matter who scores, but the victory, that's important. If I wasn't convinced that Tirana wouldn't survive, I wouldn't come in January,"