A Soccer Comeback for a Long-Struggling Country

A fan of the Albanian soccer team KF Skenderbeu Korcë poses outside the Elbasan Arena, on August 5th, ahead of the team's tie against a Moldovan team. Credit PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY SEAN WILLIAMS On August 5th, in the ancient city of Elbasan, KF Skënderbeu Korçë became Albania’s first soccer club to reach the group stages of European competition since Communism fell, in 1991.