Liri First came Liri. it was the year 1967 when the great Sk ënder Jareci gave Dinamo a new age by affirming in the first team two young men who would later become legends of Dinamo football. Ilir Përnaska and Faruk Sejdini. Iliri is only 16 years old. Since his debut, he scored two goals in the away victory against the local Traktor in the 1-3 victory. From that day until he left football, Ilir Përnaska would be the big name of Dinamo's attack. In all of Albania, even to this day, he is known as the Albanian "Gerd Myleri". Ilir was a goal machine, an exceptional striker. Capable of scoring from any place and in any way, outside the area, inside the area with his head, with his feet, at the last minute, during a mess in the area, he was always the fearsome Ilir Përnaska. One of the most prominent moments is when during the Albania – Germany 0-2 match in April 1981, after passing the German captain, center back Bernard Dietz, the latter, left behind, inside the area, violently pulls him a few meters from his jersey. To the shame of the referee, Albania was denied a clean penalty! Dinamo-Flamurtari is played. The late 70s again. Minutes of '87. The score is 0-0. After a cross from the right, goalkeeper Berberi comes out and punches the ball. Outside the zone, the "killer" Ilir Pernaska, gets up in the air and stops the ball with his chest – he rises and falls GOOOL – and without letting it fall to the ground with a powerful and technical shot, he sends it straight to the triangle. I'm in the 20s of "Qemal Stafa", among the fans of a full stadium, without realizing that in that atheist country, I had to thank God (and my Dinamo fan) that I was there, in that temple where everything was allowed and every age had reserve a seat. Where such pieces of puzzle completed a chapter of brilliant football history. Liri left football in 1982 after 15 years at Dinamo. A child came, name unknown. He left as a man and his jersey with No. 7 weighed heavily, his name is a myth to this day. The shirt with number 7 was worn by several Dinamo players. No one could value that number like Ilir Përnaska. Iliri himself gave it to Sulejman Demollari, but this is another story… 
Ilir Pernaska – Albanian Golden Shoe titles 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 Master of Sports Merited Master of Sports Grand Master Order of Naim Frashëri (3) The best goalscorer in the history of Dinamo, with over 150 official goals scored between the seasons 1971-1981. 5 Championships won: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 4 Republic Cups: 1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78 6 times in a row Top Scorer of the Championship ( which constitutes an absolute record).
Llaqi It was 1973. Before the start of the championship, the news had gone around the world of Tirana fans. Vasillaq Zëri from the extraordinary spark of the students went to Dinamo. One more value in the dynamo attack, in which Përnaska, the top scorer of the Albanian championships, was already found for several seasons. Lac, as he was called for short, with no. 9, was one of those players who hardly appear twice in a century. In fact, they hardly ever appear again. The dribbling king in Albania was also an excellent scorer. The player who scored in big matches, from those that remain unforgettable in the memory of fans such as Dinamo – Tirana, Dinamo – Partizani or Dinamo – Vllaznia. The scorer in the win over Karl Zeis Jena, the fear of Aberdeen's defense and Ajax Amsterdam. Even the latter officially asked for it, but in communist Albania, player signings were not allowed and football was amateur, the players we are writing about are semi-professional. He was a striker based on dribbling but also a sniper in shooting, which were really his speciality. Perhaps the most popular player in Albania because he represented beautiful, fun football. It is the reason that most of today's 50-60-year-old Dinamo fans fell in love with this team as children, precisely because of the beautiful game of the unforgettable Vasillaq Zëri! In a way, just like Garrinça, Llaqi was the joy of the people in the years he played football, especially with the colors of Dinamo from 1973 to 1984. I don't remember if I was in the third or fourth grade. I don't remember well if it was 1978 or 1979. Also, I can't say for sure that I was a Dinamo fan, but I was a fan of Llaq, Vasillaq Zeri! That afternoon, my father took me to the stadium to watch the Dinamo-Skenderbeu match. Just before the end of the match, when Dinamo was already leading 1-0 with a goal from Zeri, Llaqi is outside the area with a defender in front of him. He avoids it effortlessly, running to his left, as if by magic. At the entrance to the area, the last defender intervenes. Again, as if by magic, he avoids it by running away from the right and after this mini slalom he is in front of Jani Kaci. Jani, the goalkeeper of the national team at that time, jumps to his feet, but Llaqi passes the ball above his body and is the only one who enters the goal with the whole ball! What could a child in Brazil feel if he saw Garrinca score such a goal? What can a child feel today in Barcelona when Messi scores in such a way? Exactly those feelings electrified me as a child once in "Cemal Stafa" 
Vasillaq VOICE – titles 4 Championships 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 3 Republic Cups 1974, 1978, 1982
Shyqi The last of the legendary Dinamo trio. Prenska from 1967 and Zeri from 1973 were already there. In fact, Zëri had just finished the first season with Dinamo. Shyqi, as he was called everywhere, with no. 11 on his back, was the most suitable man to complete a formidable attacking trio. With his running down the left wing that resembled a tirelessly working compressor, with his perfect crosses from the left, with an "iron lung", he best connects the sniff inside the area of the "assassin" from the air and land Pérnaska with the dribbler and the shooter Zëri. Irresistible in one-on-one duels, with good shots and the scorer's nose, Shyqi, arrived from Durrës, gives another impulse to that trio, makes it scary and to this day, maybe the best of all time in Albanian championships. 
Cloudy afternoon. The "Qemal Stafa" stadium is full. The return match, the second final match for the Balkan Cup, "Shpresa" teams, Albania-Romania. Looking to reverse the 1-3 first leg loss in Romania. Shyqi, team captain. Already, when the result reached 6-1 for "Shpresat" of Albania, he scored and served for others. It's his game! Just before the end, outside the area, passing the ball over his head, he leaves behind the last defender and heads for the goal. The goalkeeper rushes out to stop it. The defender from behind, with both hands, by all means, pulls Shyqi from his body and shirt. Before crashing, Shyqyri Ballgjini manages to shoot a ball above the goalkeeper, sealing the Albania-Romania score 7-1! After the match, as the captain of the team, now the Balkan Champion, he takes the cup from the hand of Loro Boric! In the same temple, against the same opponent, from the hand of a legendary captain as protagonist! Coincidences that repeat are no longer coincidences! 
Shyqyri Ballgjini – titles Five championships 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 Two Republic Cups 1973–74, 1977–78, 1981-82 Under21 Balkan Champion, 1978
Voice – Ballgjini – Prenska! 
During those years, a decade, that trio counted over 400 matches (national and international activities), scoring over 300 goals in total. Unfortunately, very few in international matches. In the beginning of the 70s, after a 1-4 defeat with the Olympic team of Romania in Tirana, the F.SH.F. notified UEFA and FIFA, for a self-suspension, after which came the three-year official disqualification (1973- 76), for Albanian football with clubs and representatives (the third in our history, after the periods 1953-1957 and 1958-1963). This was the great misfortune of the football careers of that time in Albania. The good thing was that those people, although they never became rich, enjoy forever the title of respected man! by Arian Muraj _____________ VizionSportiv / Hour of champions – January 10, 2021 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VizionSportiv Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/kinematografiashqiptareartisporti Blog: https://pierosportvision. blogspot.com/
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