“We played as if we were in the park”: Xhaka only made a sharp shot after the match

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For Granite He also wanted to ‘enjoy’ his days in Kosovo. But after the 2-2 draw, the national team, just like against Romania, conceded the equalizer in the last minute, the captain is angry. Angry.

After remaining pale like his teammates throughout the 94 minutes, not at all reminiscent of the attacking Xhaka from the start of the Bundesliga season with Leverkusen and not firing a single shot on target, Xhaka fired at the end of the match even tighter.

“It has become clear”

The pomade look? “It became clear,” said Xhaka, “the way we played today was how it looked all week. We didn’t train as we should. No pace, no intensity. Today it looked like we were playing a friendly match. Or play in the park. That won’t work.”

Played like in the park! So a matter of seriousness? Xhaka initially says no, but then says: “You can’t go from 0 to 100 before the game if you don’t do much all week. Then start a completely new rhythm at kick-off, which no player in the world can do.”

Internally, Xhaka does not want to be at the table

Murat Yakin is responsible for the training. Is Xhaka’s criticism directed at him? Answer: “The criticism here goes to everyone.” How does the captain intend to tackle the training problem internally after the public criticism? “You can tell I’m more pissed off than usual. I’m trying to stay calm and not use too bad words.” Otherwise it will be counterproductive.” So he doesn’t want to be on the table? “No, I won’t. This isn’t my job.”

The question is: hasn’t he already hit this table with his all-round punch in front of the microphones?

The Nati trend is going downhill

A narrow 2:1 in Andorra, the 2:2 after a 2:0 lead against Romania, now the same result in Kosovo. The national team’s trend is downhill after a strong start to European Championship qualifying.

Does Xhaka also see it that way? He avoids the answer and says: “I am not the coach or the responsible person of this football association.” And looking ahead to the next qualifier on Tuesday, he says: “I’m happy, we’re playing against Andorra and not a bigger country.” Translated: Xhaka doesn’t think the national team can get a good result against a stronger opponent.

Yakin is surprised by Xhaka’s words

What does Murat Yakin say about his captain’s training criticism? The national coach reacts with surprise: “We trained as usual, everything was under control. Of course, we couldn’t do everything we planned. But there is also an opponent. We cannot assume that we will simply march through this group.”

It is clear: Yakin is anything but happy with Xhaka’s words. And says: “I will discuss with Granit privately the idea behind his statements.”

The two main Nati exponents will likely have more than enough to talk about in the near future.

Source : Blick