{"id":289495,"date":"2025-07-25T02:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289495\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T02:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:52:15","slug":"prishtina-faces-larne-in-northern-ireland-official-lineups-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289495\/","title":{"rendered":"Prishtina faces Larne in Northern Ireland \u2013 official lineups announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                Prishtina faces Larne in Northern Ireland \u2013 official lineups announced                    <\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/larne-600x360.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        football<\/p>\n<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LogoExpress-96x96.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        Express newspaper<br \/>\n                        24\/07\/2025 20:13<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\"><strong>After being eliminated by Sheriff Tiraspol in the first round of the UEFA Europa League, KF Prishtina, the winner of the Kosovo Cup, continues its European journey in the UEFA Conference League, where tonight it will play the first challenge of the second round against Larne FC of Northern Ireland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd The match is played at &#8220;The Showgrounds&#8221; stadium in Ballymena, starting at 21:00.<\/p>\n<p>\u26aa\ud83d\udd35 Prishtina plays for victory even on the away trip<\/p>\n<p>Coach Arsim Tha\u00e7i has decided not to rely on defense in this challenge, choosing a 4-3-3 formation, which clearly shows the intention to attack even outside the field. The Kosovars are looking for a positive result on the road that would ease their path towards qualification in the return match in Pristina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\"><strong>\ud83d\udd34 Larne also chooses to play offensively<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The home team from Northern Ireland, which is having a good period in domestic and international competitions, comes with the same 4-3-3 system, promising an open and fast-paced duel.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udde4 Official formations:<\/p>\n<p>Larne FC<\/p>\n<p>(Form: 4-3-3)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/larne-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2830341\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>KF Prishtina<\/p>\n<p>(Form: 4-3-3)<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper: Nika<\/p>\n<p>Defense: Saletic \u2013 Vitija \u2013 Boueye \u2013 Limani<\/p>\n<p>Midfield: Taipi \u2013 Namani \u2013 Muja<\/p>\n<p>Attack: Veliu \u2013 Kryeziu \u2013 Baftiu<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/larne-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2830342\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0e Interesting facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the first time that Prishtina faces a team from Northern Ireland in the European arena.<\/p>\n<p>The away victory would be the first for Pristina in this European edition.<\/p>\n<p>Baftiu and Kryeziu, two of the capital&#8217;s most dangerous players, are expected to be the key to the offensive in this match. \/GazetaExpress\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prishtina faces Larne in Northern Ireland \u2013 official lineups announced football Express newspaper 24\/07\/2025 20:13 After being eliminated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-289495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114911611878739951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}