Valentin Stocker and Arthur Cabral made the difference for Basel in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League tie against Partizani Tirana. The return game in Albania will thus only be a formality.
Basel confirmed the obvious gulf in quality between them and Albanian outfit seven days ago in Switzerland where they clinched a comprehensive 3-0 victory.
Valentin Stocker and Arthur Cabral were the main catalysts. The former completed a brace, while the latter contributed with a goal and as assist each.
The Albanians will now have a mission impossible in an attempt to annul the three-goal deficit against a much stronger opposition.
Partizani have gone beyond the second qualifying round of any European competition just once (in 2016/17) and even then they only advanced past one rivals (Ferencvaros).
They did bag as many as eight goals over two legs against Moldovan Sfantul Gheorghe but these performances count for little here when they face a much tougher opposition.
The Albanian coach Ilir Daja can be worried about his men’s defensive displays as Partizani shipped two goals in each of their two games against the Moldovans in the opening round.
They allowed three goals last Thursday in Switzerland and we doubt they will be able to keep things quiet at the back here against the same opponents either.
The two sides met each other for the first time last week in Switzerland.
Basel justified the favorites tag by clinching a commanding 3-0 victory.
They completely controlled the happenings on the pitch allowing their rivals get no more than one shot on target and one corner on the occasion.





译文(自动翻译仅供参考):

瓦伦丁·斯托克和亚瑟·卡布拉尔在欧联杯对阵地拉那的第一回合比赛中为巴塞尔带来了不同。因此，在阿尔巴尼亚的回程比赛将只是一种形式。
7天前在瑞士，巴塞尔确认了他们和阿尔巴尼亚的球队在质量上的明显差距，他们以3-0大胜。
瓦伦丁·斯托克和亚瑟·卡布拉尔是主要的催化剂。前者完成了一次梅开二度，而后者则各进一球和助攻。
阿尔巴尼亚人现在将面临一项不可能完成的任务，那就是要在强大得多的对手面前消除三球的差距。
Partizani仅在2016/17赛季获得过一次欧洲资格赛第二轮的出线机会，即使在那之后，他们也只超过了一个对手(Ferencvaros)。
在与摩尔多瓦的两回合比赛中，他们确实打进了8个进球，但在面对更强大的对手时，这些表现并没有多大意义。
阿尔巴尼亚教练伊里尔·达贾(Ilir Daja)可能会担心他的球队的防守表现，因为帕蒂扎尼在首场对阵摩尔多瓦的两场比赛中各进两球。
他们在上周四的瑞士比赛中丢了三个球，我们怀疑他们是否能够在面对同样的对手时保持安静。
双方上周在瑞士进行了首次会晤。
巴塞尔3-0大获全胜，证明了自己夺冠的理由。
他们完全控制了球场上的一切，让对手只能有一次射正球门和一个角球。