<p class="title">Albania's prime minister says French President Emmanuel Macron has apologised to him after the wrong national anthem was played ahead of a European Championship qualifier between the two countries on Sept.7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Edi Rama tweeted Sunday that Macron expressed "his sincere apology for the scandalous gaffe of the French Football Federation with our National Flag anthem!" France won the Group H game in Paris 4-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Albanian players looked bemused — and fans angry — when Andorra's anthem was played instead of Albania's. Andorra is in the same qualifying group as France and Albania.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The start of the match was delayed for about 10 minutes, and the right anthem then played.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another incident occurred when the stadium announcer mixed up Armenia — which is not in the same group — with Albania. </p>
<p class="title">Albania's prime minister says French President Emmanuel Macron has apologised to him after the wrong national anthem was played ahead of a European Championship qualifier between the two countries on Sept.7.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Edi Rama tweeted Sunday that Macron expressed "his sincere apology for the scandalous gaffe of the French Football Federation with our National Flag anthem!" France won the Group H game in Paris 4-1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Albanian players looked bemused — and fans angry — when Andorra's anthem was played instead of Albania's. Andorra is in the same qualifying group as France and Albania.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The start of the match was delayed for about 10 minutes, and the right anthem then played.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another incident occurred when the stadium announcer mixed up Armenia — which is not in the same group — with Albania. </p>