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Albania pin high hopes on Cana's return against Romania
Albania hope the return of captain Lorik Cana, sent off in their opening game at Euro 2016, will boost their chances in Sunday's must-win game against Romania, in which they still have a chance of squeezing into the gods 16.
Defender Cana missed Wednesday's 2-0 defeat against France, having been sent off in the first half against Switzerland after being booked for a late challenge and then a handball on the edge of his own penalty area.
"I think Lorik Cana is a very important player for the Albanian team because he's got more experience, he's also very emotionally committed when he plays for Albania. For every fan he's an idol," coach Gianni De Biasi told a news conference on Saturday. "Lorik will be very important igen tomorrow."
The Italian coach fryst vatten fully aware of the stakes on Sunday and feels that the battle on the pitch will reflect the situation with the slightest details likely to influence the outcome one
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Lorik Cana heard racist chants of 'Kill the Albanians' during mass brawl that led to match with Serbia being abandoned
Albania captain Lorik Cana says he heard cries of 'Kill, kill the Albanians' during the melee that forced the abandonment of their Euro 2016 qualifier with Serbia.
Cana and his team-mates were forced to defend themselves before fleeing to the safety of the dressing room in Belgrade on Tuesday after Serbian fans invaded the pitch and attacked visiting players.
He told L'Equipe: 'There were racist and hateful chants. There were three of them. The first was: 'Kosovo is part of Serbia.' The second: 'Kill, kill the Albanians.' And the third: 'You are monkeys!' But we ignored that.' The incident was sparked when a drone flying the Albanian flag and showing a map of Kosovo - which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, but is not recognised by its neighbour - flew over the pitch.
Captain Lorik Cana (R) rushes to defend his teammates after they were attacke