As never before, the World Cup for Albania is only 2 steps away, but the level of difficulty is very high, at a time when we have to reckon with 2 strong rivals like Poland, and the winner of the Ukraine-Sweden pair.
Only the March 26 challenge, where Poland hosts Albania in Warsaw, is certain, but recently it was the Ukrainian Football Federation that made public the agenda for the "play-off" final, provided they also get past Sweden first.
Contrary to expectations, as has happened this time, Ukraine will not play the play-off final in Poland, but has chosen Spain, Valencia. Of course, this is a somewhat expected move as they do not want to give Poland a bonus if they face the latter in the final. The Ukrainian Federation has selected the stadium of “Estadi Ciutat de Valencia”, a stadium used by the Levante team.
In any case, even if Albania fails to qualify for the final stage of the "play-off", if Ukraine also fails to pass Sweden, the two teams, based on FIFA regulations, are obliged to play each other in Valencia on March 31, a match that will have no value.
