Partizan coach Oltijon Kërnaja gave his opinion after the 1-0 loss to Vllaznia.

"We had to put the ball in the net, that's what we had to do more, nothing else. With the chances we had, we had to take advantage of the moments. There was no need for more philosophy or other interpretations. Today we had prepared a different philosophy, at the last moment two players had a fever and completely changed what we should do.

Skuka has had a fever for the last 3 days, he couldn't last more than 20 minutes. He hasn't trained at all for 3 days. Toma and Diego have similar characteristics, we thought we would use one in the first half and the other in the second half. We can't play 3-5-2 with two players who are "boxing" or descending, and there is no depth to go like Skuka 3-4 times. That was the reason, we tried for 20 minutes, the team went well and smoothly. We had chances, especially with Sidibe. Unfortunately we didn't score, so let's think about the next game.

Let's not forget that we are not able to stabilize the defense, we are thinking of playing with Preka, but he has been suffering from an injury for 6 months. Marku was injured, Atanaskoski was injured, in every match we have a new one and the automatics do not come so quickly. I am very happy with Buxhelaj. The four of us in defense have not played together. Buxhelaj, Bytyçi, Sembene and Martinez may have their first match together. And Kote with Ismail, as number 6, Kote does not have his position, but we were forced to. That is why we may have limped in the defensive part.

We made a maneuver in the first half, we brought Martinez into the center to get Jago. Maybe the field conditions, maybe because it wasn't right. Vllaznia plays one on one with the full-backs or the forwards. It came out two or three times, the quality of the pass was simply lacking. In the 12th minute, thanks to this way of playing, we went to the goal with Hume, without the goalkeeper we shot wide. In the second half we tried with several players. We could have played with 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1 as we tried, but since we didn't have a player of the profile there, the player Sidibe who came on yesterday came. Skuka wasn't in his best condition. The players were there, the synchronization there was on point. They were just a little late, but that we have to work on. It's up to us coaches. Hopefully we don't have any injuries or viruses, so we can think about the next game. We tried our best. You try one thing for a week and something else happens. The guys gave their all, but sometimes you don't score.

We had prepared to start the ball, put 6 in the center and play our 3 attackers across the width with their 3 opponents. And the areas that Bintsuka took, that took Gurishte, that area between Gurishte and Gjin should have been taken by Hume as happened in the case. Maybe he missed it because the terrain was very wet. Knowing that Vllaznia's defenders don't push the ball much, only Gurishte, just Toma pressing is enough and it would come out. There is still work to be done, I am very pleased with the boys. Vllaznia is the most in-form team at the moment. 1 to 0 is not the end of the world either.

Absences? I have not justified myself. We have said that the team has many players, maybe a little difficult for a player who does not play in his position because Bintsuka is not a winger, we have said that the club is healthy. All the number 8s in the team are injured, our bad luck. We have tried to insert a player who is not in his position, who has lost us "box to box". We do not have to justify ourselves. The coach's job is to take the best and give the maximum to everyone. I have said it, Partizani has a high number of players, we can take from B and U-19. We are right there. There was also a coincidence, players in the same position were injured. It has put us in trouble in the attacking maneuver".