Serbia and Albania to meet in World Cup qualifier

VIDEO SHOWS: SERBIAN AND ALBANIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAMS TRAINING / PRESS CONFERENCES WITH EACH TEAM SHOWS: LESKOVAC, SERBIA (OCTOBER 10,  2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. SERBIAN TEAM’S COACH DRAGAN STOJKOVIC AND STRIKER ALEKSANDAR MITROVIĆ TAKING SEAT AT TABLE IN PRESS BRIEFING ROOM 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian), DRAGAN STOJKOVIC PIKSI, SERBIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH, SAYING: “First and foremost, we have a difficult match ahead of us against a sporting rival – Albania, an exceptionally good team.  The expectation is that we will win.  This is one of, if not the most important matches for our group ranking.  We know how important this match is, and we are preparing for it accordingly.” 3. PRESS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian), DRAGAN STOJKOVIC PIKSI, SERBIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH, SAYING: “Aside from the public expecting (a win), I expect it, and that's the most important thing. In this October window of qualifiers, so to say, we aim to achieve maximum performance, which is 6 points. We're working on it, we've been working on it, and we'll do everything we can to achieve that goal – three points against Albania tomorrow and three points in Andorra – so that we can have a successful October cycle.” 5. END OF PRESS BRIEFING, SERBIAN TEAM REPRESENTATIVES LEAVING NIS, SERBIA (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 6. VARIOUS OF SERBIAN TEAM TRAINING 7. VARIOUS OF STRIKER DUSAN VLAHOVIC TRAINING 8. COACH DRAGAN STOJKOVIĆ STANDING, TALKING 9. STRIKER ALEKSANDAR MITROVIĆ TRAINING 10. VARIOUS OF SERBIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS TRAINING, RUNNING, JUMPING, KICKING BALL LESKOVAC, SERBIA (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (REUTERS –Access all) 11. PRESS BRIEFING OF ALBANIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH 12. (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian), ELSEID HYSAJ, DEFENDER, SAYING: “Everyone, just like me, believes that we have come here for a win, because we are not here for a draw or a loss. As I mentioned earlier, football is very unpredictable, you never know how things might turn out. However, the good thing would be for all of us to have the same mindset tomorrow: to enter the field with one goal, to move forward and get a victory. I hope that tomorrow will be that moment or that day.” 13. PRESS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS 14. (SOUNDBITE)  (Italian) SYLVIO MENDES CAMPOS JÚNIOR, ALBANIAN NATIONAL TEAM COACH, SAYING: “All matches are important. Today, yes, the question is appropriate. Today, yes, absolutely. A month ago it was Latvia, if you don't beat Latvia, there would have been no point in staying here. We won, so now we're in a position to play a very important match.” 15. VARIOUS OF ALBANIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS TRAINING, LARGE SCREEN ON STADIUM WITH SERBIAN AND ALBANIAN FLAGS AND INSCRIPTION: EUROPEAN QAULIFIERS (WELCOME in English, Serbian and Albanian languages) 16. MIDFIELDER YLBER RAMADANI STANDING AND TALKING 17. VARIOUS OF TRAINING 18. VARIOUS OF FORWARD MIRLIND DAKU KICKING BALL WITH ANOTHER PLAYER, TRAINING 19. VARIOUS OF MIDFIELDER QAZIM LAÇI TRAINING 20. COACH SYLVIO MENDES CAMPOS JÚNIOR STANDING, OVERLOOKING TRAINING 21. DEFENDER ELSEID HYSAJ HUGGING MIDFIELDER YLBER RAMADANI, BOTH LAUGHING 22. VARIOUS OF TRAINING

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