Coach Rolando Maran happy with the two straight wins and the national team’s 6 points: The players have understood my philosophy

Albania beat San Marino 3-0 away, in the match valid for the second round of the League C group stage of the Nations League. After the match, coach Rolando Maran also spoke, expressing his satisfaction.

“You expected a bigger goal margin — what did you like most and what did you not like? I liked the first half, while the second half was more about management. We had players who had returned from injury, others with fewer minutes. In the second half our minds were on Finland and I believe we did well. The second half was more about management. San Marino may get one chance in a match; we had 14 shots on goal, we could have done more and scored more. But I believe we played a good match.

What do you expect from this national team, which is the player you expect to give more? We may not be among the top national teams in the world, but we have players with good qualities. From what I have seen on 8 occasions, they have understood my philosophy. It is a national team that has rhythm and that is what I like.

Did you sense that Manaj would score, did you anticipate it? I wanted to substitute him a bit earlier, he asked me for a few minutes, and I saw it. It was his moment and he scored,” Maran said.