Sylvinho: Anything possible for ´brave´ Albania

Sylvinho says his side are “dreaming” of knockout football in Euro 2024, with everything still to play for in their final group game against Spain on Monday.

Albania have impressed during their previous two games in the so-called ‘group of death’, having scored early goals to trouble both Italy and Croatia, including netting the quickest goal ever scored at the tournament against the former after just 23 seconds.

Though they went on to lose that match 2-1, the Eagles salvaged a point deep in stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Croatia to give themselves a chance of making the knockout stages of the competition for the first time.

Sylvinho’s side are aiming to pull off a shock win when they face Spain, who have already qualified as Group B winners, but the Brazilian believes it is possible.

“Many people five months ago thought that Albania would concede three or four goals and four or five in the next one, and the last match might not even mean anything,” Sylvinho said.

“We are all really pleased to be in the Group of Death with something to play for. We’re going to go for it.