Ervin Petraq Baku: The Problem Is Not Dinamo’s Celebration, but the Abandonment of Albanian Sport

The video, which has now gone viral, shows scenes from a private celebration following a major victory. In my personal opinion, it should never have been made public. But anyway...

Dinamo, the “Notre Dame” of Albanian sport, was destroyed. The club was cast out onto the streets, left orphaned and stripped of its home and everything else...

The gentleman in the video took charge of Dinamo and, for the second consecutive year, is leading the club to the grand stage of European football—the UEFA Conference League play-offs. Thank you, Mr. Ardian Bardhi!

That is not the real problem, Mr. Braçe. I believe this is the example that should be followed. There are quite a few similar examples in Albanian sport generally and in football particularly.

You, the lawmakers, must approve the sports sponsorship law immediately—without wasting another moment. This would give all of Albanian sport the oxygen it desperately needs.

Do you know that the entire annual budget for Albanian sport is only €1.5 million? That is the real problem—and it is an enormous one. This budget has reduced Albanian sport to the status of a “beggar.”

Approve the sports sponsorship law immediately! Free Albanian sport! You do not need to look far—follow Kosovo’s example.