The end of an era of the national team: the man from Sursee goes into the desert

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Before his departure to the United Arab Emirates, he was no longer the first choice. Strictly speaking, since Murat Yakin took office as national coach in August 2021.

But before that, the resident of Sursee, of whom SRF commentator Sascha Ruefer made a cult figure with his obligatory “man from Sursee” with every goal of the Lucerne player, formed an entire era. It starts in early 2013 and lasts more than eight years. In this, the striker is almost always put in his position. There are now 93 international matches on the agenda. And 25 goals.

Lately a lot of playing time and few goals at Celta Vigo

There will hardly be more. Because with the move to the desert, the Swiss-Bosnian dual nationality disappears even more from the radar than in Europe. Even then his values ​​were no longer outstanding. He was last loaned by Benfica for half a season to Celta Vigo in the Spanish La Liga. But: with one exception, he was always on the field. He was in the starting line-up for about half of the games and scored three goals.

Earlier in his half-season with Galatasaray, he probably made four starting appearances at the start of the season. After that none more. In Istanbul, where he was also loaned, he did not score a single goal. And the previous season at Benfica Lisbon was marked by bankruptcies, bad luck and bad luck. Talk about multiple injuries. Just four starting eleven appearances and three goals. It was the era that cost Seferovic the permanent spot from Nati. Meanwhile, Breel Embolo and Zeki Amdouni are clearly in the lead. Seferovic was on standby for the European Championship qualifiers in Andorra and Romania and was only called up due to Embolo’s failure. When Seferovic came on against Romania, he was quite an unhappy figure.

Al-Wasl thirsts for the eighth title

What a difference with, for example, the 2018/19 season, when he was the top scorer in the strong Portuguese league with 23 goals and became champion. The Lucerne native probably still had a contract until 2024 in Lisbon. But with the arrival of world champion Angel die Maria, his situation would have become even more difficult.

So a desert switch towards the end of the career is not free of logic. The payday will certainly be very neat. And Al-Wasl yearns for a national title. The last (of seven) was 16 years ago. And also in the Asian Champions League they never got further than the group stage. The club from Dubai is now coached by the Serbian Milos Milojevic, who came over from Red Star Belgrade.

Source : Blick