{"id":139319,"date":"2026-03-31T11:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/?p=139319"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:04:46","slug":"ne-besojme-te-njeri-tjetri-the-guardian-rruga-e-veshtire-e-kosoves-nga-lufta-te-shpresa-per-kupen-e-botes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/ne-besojme-te-njeri-tjetri-the-guardian-rruga-e-veshtire-e-kosoves-nga-lufta-te-shpresa-per-kupen-e-botes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ne besojm\u00eb te nj\u00ebri-tjetri&#8221;\/ The Guardian: Rruga e v\u00ebshtir\u00eb e Kosov\u00ebs nga lufta te shpresa p\u00ebr Kup\u00ebn e Bot\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kombi ballkanik u b\u00eb an\u00ebtar i FIFA-s vet\u00ebm n\u00eb vitin 2016, por fitorja ndaj Turqis\u00eb do t&#8217;i siguronte vendin e par\u00eb n\u00eb finalet e Kup\u00ebs s\u00eb Bot\u00ebs, shkruan mediumi i madh\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/31\/kosovo-world-cup-playoff-finals-turkey-samir-ujkani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>, mediumi i cili ka b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00eb intervist\u00eb t\u00eb gjat\u00eb me legjend\u00ebn e Komb\u00ebtares s\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs, Samir Ujkanin dhe ish-sekretarin e FFK-s\u00eb, Eroll Salihu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNe as nuk e njihnim nj\u00ebri-tjetrin\u201d. Samir Ujkani po mendon p\u00ebr marsin e vitit 2014, kur nj\u00eb skuad\u00ebr e improvizuar e Kosov\u00ebs, kryesisht e mbledhur nga cepat m\u00eb pak t\u00ebrheq\u00ebs t\u00eb Evrop\u00ebs Qendrore dhe Skandinavis\u00eb, u mblodh p\u00ebr t\u2019u p\u00ebrballur me Haitin p\u00ebr ndeshjen e par\u00eb zyrtare t\u00eb vendit.<\/p>\n<p>Ai [Ujkani] ishte nj\u00eb gj\u00eb e rrall\u00eb: nj\u00eb lojtar me p\u00ebrvoj\u00eb n\u00eb Serie A midis port\u00ebs p\u00ebr Palermon dhe 20 ndeshjeve p\u00ebr Shqip\u00ebrin\u00eb, i cili ishte i gatsh\u00ebm t\u00eb vinte bast p\u00ebr at\u00eb q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00eb nga historit\u00eb e m\u00ebdha t\u00eb suksesit t\u00eb futbollit nd\u00ebrkomb\u00ebtar.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"placeholder-a-block\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMund t\u00eb them pa dyshim se n\u00eb fillim nuk i dija 50% t\u00eb emrave t\u00eb djemve. Ishte v\u00ebrtet e v\u00ebshtir\u00eb, por n\u00eb zemrat tona, ne gjithmon\u00eb p\u00ebrpiqeshim t\u00eb p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsoheshim dhe t\u00eb besonim te nj\u00ebri-tjetri&#8221;, ka th\u00ebn\u00eb fillimisht Ujkani.<\/p>\n<p>Megjithat\u00eb, Kosova mezi mund ta kishte imagjinuar se \u00e7far\u00eb i pret tani. Fitorja kund\u00ebr Turqis\u00eb t\u00eb mart\u00ebn n\u00eb mbr\u00ebmje do t\u2019i \u00e7onte ata n\u00eb Kup\u00ebs s\u00eb Bot\u00ebs \u2013 nj\u00eb fjali q\u00eb thjesht dukej e paimagjinueshme 12 vjet m\u00eb par\u00eb, kur Ujkani dhe shok\u00ebt e tij t\u00eb ekipit ia dol\u00ebn mban\u00eb me v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsi nj\u00eb barazimi pa gola kund\u00ebr nj\u00ebrit prej pak kombeve t\u00eb p\u00ebrgatitura p\u00ebr t\u00eb vizituar. At\u00ebher\u00eb q\u00ebllimi p\u00ebrfundimtar ishte njohja nga UEFA dhe FIFA: nj\u00eb vler\u00ebsim i m\u00ebtejsh\u00ebm global p\u00ebr nj\u00eb shtet q\u00eb kishte shpallur pavar\u00ebsin\u00eb n\u00eb vitin 2008. Edhe pse m\u00eb n\u00eb fund u lejua t\u00eb luante miq\u00ebsore, ata nuk ishin an\u00ebtar\u00eb t\u00eb asnj\u00ebr\u00ebs kur, megjith\u00ebse me nj\u00eb sp\u00ebrkatje, ajo skuad\u00ebr pioniere e nisi loj\u00ebn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cT\u00eb b\u00ebn t\u00eb mendosh p\u00ebr kushtet me t\u00eb cilat u p\u00ebrball\u00ebm, t\u00eb b\u00ebn t\u00eb mendosh emocionalisht\u201d, thot\u00eb Ujkani. Kosova shpesh st\u00ebrvitej n\u00eb nj\u00eb fush\u00eb t\u00eb rr\u00ebnuar n\u00eb stadiumin e KEK-ut jasht\u00eb Prishtin\u00ebs, direkt n\u00ebn termocentralet e Obiliqit q\u00eb jan\u00eb listuar nd\u00ebr m\u00eb ndot\u00ebsit n\u00eb Evrop\u00eb. N\u00eb raste t\u00eb tjera, ata b\u00ebnin nj\u00eb udh\u00ebtim tre-or\u00ebsh vajtje-ardhje p\u00ebr n\u00eb Mitrovic\u00eb, ku u zhvillua ndeshja me Haitin, p\u00ebr nj\u00eb seanc\u00eb t\u00eb vetme. \u201cNuk na interesonte, i b\u00ebm\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha dhe askush nuk u ankua. Dhe jam shum\u00eb krenar p\u00ebr at\u00eb q\u00eb po arrin ekipi tani\u201d, shtoi ai.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"placeholder-a-block\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons share-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"949f7\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" src=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/media-library\/image.jpg?id=65429677&amp;width=600&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"\" width=\"1673\" height=\"1058\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"40b27ec4cc8774c13e58180ca681f1df\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" data-adjusted-src=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ky \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb vend ku ndeshjet publike u ndaluan nga autoritetet serbe n\u00eb vitet 1990 pas shp\u00ebrb\u00ebrjes s\u00eb Jugosllavis\u00eb. \u00cbsht\u00eb nj\u00eb vend ku futbolli u b\u00eb m\u00eb luksozi i t\u00eb gjitha koh\u00ebrave, pasi nj\u00eb luft\u00eb brutale dhe e tmerrshme shkaktoi nj\u00eb traum\u00eb t\u00eb paimagjinueshme n\u00eb fund t\u00eb asaj dekade. Kur Kosova u ngrit dhe q\u00ebndroi e vetme, sporti u b\u00eb m\u00eb i r\u00ebnd\u00ebsish\u00ebm se kurr\u00eb n\u00eb aft\u00ebsin\u00eb e tij p\u00ebr t&#8217;i projektuar bot\u00ebs nj\u00eb fytyr\u00eb t\u00eb re, serioze dhe t\u00eb realizuar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN\u00ebse di\u00e7ka shkonte keq kund\u00ebr Haitit, kisha frik\u00eb se dikush do ta keqp\u00ebrdorte dhe do t\u00eb thoshte se Kosova nuk ishte n\u00eb gjendje t\u00eb organizonte nj\u00eb ndeshje t\u00eb mir\u00ebfillt\u00eb\u201d, thot\u00eb Eroll Salihu, ish-sekretari i p\u00ebrgjithsh\u00ebm i Federat\u00ebs s\u00eb Futbollit t\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs. Salihu krijoi nj\u00eb akt t\u00eb dyfisht\u00eb diplomatik t\u00eb jasht\u00ebzakonsh\u00ebm me presidentin e at\u00ebhersh\u00ebm t\u00eb FFK-s\u00eb, Fadil Vokrri, i cili, n\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet viteve t\u00eb t\u00ebra t\u00eb politikanizmit t\u00eb lodhsh\u00ebm, i siguroi Kosov\u00ebs vendin e saj n\u00eb tryez\u00eb.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"placeholder-a-block\"><\/aside>\n<p>UEFA dhe FIFA i pranuan ata n\u00eb maj 2016. Salihu kujton momentin, shtatorin e kaluar, kur ai dhe Vokrri kuptuan se komiteti ekzekutiv i UEFA-s kishte numrin e nevojsh\u00ebm t\u00eb votave p\u00ebr t\u00eb d\u00ebrguar k\u00ebrkes\u00ebn e tyre p\u00ebr miratim p\u00ebrfundimtar n\u00eb kongres. &#8220;Fadili u rr\u00ebqeth&#8221;, thot\u00eb ai. &#8220;Ai m\u00eb tha: &#8216;Eroll, po ndodh&#8217;. Dhe pastaj filloi t\u00eb qante. Nuk e kisha par\u00eb kurr\u00eb t\u00eb qante, por pastaj fillova edhe un\u00eb&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Vokrri i dashur, nj\u00eb sulmues i shk\u00eblqyer p\u00ebr FC Prishtin\u00ebn dhe Partizanin e Beogradit, vdiq n\u00eb vitin 2018. Kosova do t\u00eb dal\u00eb t\u00eb mart\u00ebn para pothuajse 14,000 tifoz\u00ebve n\u00eb stadiumin e rinovuar q\u00eb i ngjan nj\u00eb tasi, i em\u00ebruar n\u00eb kujtim t\u00eb tij. &#8220;Nuk mund ta prisja k\u00ebt\u00eb&#8221;, thot\u00eb Salihu, i ulur n\u00eb nj\u00eb nga kafenet\u00eb plot e p\u00ebrplot t\u00eb Prishtin\u00ebs, nj\u00eb dit\u00eb para takimit t\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs me fatin. &#8220;Mendova se do t\u00eb kishim shum\u00eb pengesa. E dinim sa shum\u00eb do t\u00eb vuanim p\u00ebr ta b\u00ebr\u00eb t\u00eb ndodhte&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons share-trigger\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"dd0ad\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" src=\"https:\/\/telegrafi.com\/media-library\/image.jpg?id=65429700&amp;width=600&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"\" width=\"1592\" height=\"1054\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"b5a7e97ce7b8f536ec83baa79d39d9f1\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" data-adjusted-src=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kombi ballkanik u b\u00eb an\u00ebtar i FIFA-s vet\u00ebm n\u00eb vitin 2016, por fitorja ndaj Turqis\u00eb do t&#8217;i siguronte vendin e par\u00eb n\u00eb finalet e Kup\u00ebs s\u00eb Bot\u00ebs, shkruan mediumi i madh\u00a0The Guardian, mediumi i cili ka b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00eb intervist\u00eb t\u00eb gjat\u00eb me legjend\u00ebn e Komb\u00ebtares s\u00eb Kosov\u00ebs, Samir Ujkanin dhe ish-sekretarin e FFK-s\u00eb, Eroll Salihu. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":139320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139321,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139319\/revisions\/139321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnews.al\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}