You only had to see the look on Armand Sadiku’s face when he scored what proved to be Albania’s winner against Romania to see what the goal mean to his team – to his whole nation for that matter.
The celebrations that greeted Albania’s maiden finals success at the final whistle in Lyon were equally exuberant, but that was just the start. Even at midnight, as the players’ bus pulled awa from the Stade de Lyon, they were still singing “Ti Shqipëri më jep nder” (You Albania Give Me Honour), and while they were straight to bed when they got home, fans and team staff stayed up late to talk over the game.
Lorik C…