Ervin Bulku, deputy coach of the national team, spoke about Sylvinho's choices for the challenge against England, with the latter benching Armando Broja for the first time after 5 consecutive matches:

"This is the scheme we have chosen. We have played most of the time like this, also based on the opponent. The number on the bench? Everyone is as important as the one who comes off and the one who stays on the bench. We want to get a win so that we can go to the second pot. Seeing that we have a strong opponent, it is normal for us to be well-positioned, there is no reason to change the actions we have taken these 3 years after they took us to the European Championship and we are now in the "play off". Don't forget, we were also forced by the players with cards. This is one of the reasons why we put the team close, but also because Aglia puts a lot of pressure and is aggressive, strong. If we get another card, we would not be able to activate the players in the play off and we did not want to risk it, we activated good players because it is a good match to get an important result", declared Bulku.