Partizan coach Oltijon Kërnaja made his analysis after the 3-0 loss to Elbasan in the championship.

To be honest, your statement is correct. In the first half we did very well, we dominated the match in the first half on many occasions, we came out 3-4 times in front of goalkeeper Totoshi. But that penalty that was given turned off the team a little, the delay in taking the shot turned the team off. We made substitutions, we tried to react because taking a penalty for the first and second time probably affected the psychological aspect. We tried to wake up the guys, the match could have gone 1-1 with Doumbia's shot. Bravo to the Elbasan team, they deserved the 3 points with their cynicism.

Changes in positioning after 7 minutes? We had tried to gain inches, seeing that in the last 2-3 weeks we have conceded goals from set pieces. We have dominated in the last matches, but we have suffered from corners. Even though he is not a typical right-back, we put him in because he has played in that position. Knowing that Preka is coming off a very long injury, we had no chance to activate him. It is not that it did not work with Bytyçi, he came out one at a time with the goalkeeper. The first half was okay, we had thought that with the midfielders we would play 1 against 1. That is why we thought that Qaka and Murataj would always change positions, knowing that the Elbasan midfielders would create spaces.

We tried, there in the third zone sometimes the players choose themselves. Sometimes we had crosses, sometimes 1 against 1 with Sidibe. There were situations that could be read better from the offensive side. But that's what we're for, to fix these uncertainties that we had in attack. The team until the 90th minute was correct, until the second goal. We were always on defense, even if they crossed, it was us who got the ball. Qaka and Murataj did what we wanted. But in the third zone they were not what we needed. It's no wonder Elbasan is not in that position in the table either, we will change the mistakes in the next game. In the fight for the fourth place that we barely won.

To be honest, we didn't close the goal with one less player. We know that Elbasan's strong point is standard shots. In the cases that Elbasan had behind the goal, they were only corners, not on goal, we defended them well. Then, if we had closed at the back, we wouldn't have conceded 3 goals. In the first half I think it would have been about 70% for us. We thought we could change something, play with the ball, keep it. There was less effective play, also seeing the intelligence of the Elbasan team. It happens that you lose, we will fight with God in front.

"The statistics speak for Elbasan, even though with one less player? I'm saying that too, it worries us a lot to be honest, I'm not saying the opposite. But it's what we need to change. We have kept the ball more in the other matches with Elbasan. If we had analyzed the chances we had in the first half, we would have left the ball to them. Elbasan does not circulate but plays in transition. After 1-0 with penalties, I don't know if it will really be 70-20 or 60-40. I want to bring out the statistics. Let's see, they kept it 60-40, Elbasan won 3-0 with full merit, we have to work and move forward, starting from next week, let's return to victory", said Kërnaja.