The AF Elbasani Sentinel
Match19 Oct 2026
AF Elbasani sink to position 10
1 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Ernesto Marqeshi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” AF Elbasani may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Oct 2026
8 saves: Max Metcalfe was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match17 Oct 2026
7 matches without a win for AF Elbasani
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around AF Elbasani are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Darius Zadeja
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at AF Elbasani
Max Metcalfe and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match17 Oct 2026
Dinamo City take the points off AF Elbasani
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Nongo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad19 Oct 2026
AF Elbasani lose Robin Balla
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Marjus Korreshi left out for tactical reasons at AF Elbasani
- Looking ahead Skender Lilaj goes back to face Vora