Cool and confident Nati star before the Kosovo match: Shaqiri: “We must deliver now, not cowardly”

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How good is Xherdan Shaqiri (32)? He was pretty pissed off after 96 minutes of steaming on the Budapest Province reserve bench. More than just “Ask the trainer!” it wasn’t there when asked. He and coach Murat Yakin have now discussed the whole matter. And Shaqiri seems full of energy! Demand that the team now “deliver and not wait,” as they say in Swiss German.

“We can still reach first place. From your own strength. That is the most important. But we must stay grounded. We are still little Switzerland and not Germany or Brazil. It may happen that things don’t work out that way.”

Shaqiri was flooded with ticket requests

This is what Xherdan says in German. But since questions are allowed in Albanian, Shaq follows in English. At least not in Albanian. It was enough that the man from Chicago Fire had to act as an interpreter… And in English he reveals that at the end of the match against Israel things did not go exactly as it had been discussed with the coach before the match. game started. So without the use of Shaq. Because what follows is this unspeakable second half, in which Switzerland at one point just desperately tries to make it 1-0. And Yakin didn’t want to do that with Shaqiri. But for example with Andi Zeqiri, who was a failure. That was a mistake.

And now the match against Kosovo. Three quarters of the stadium are Kosovars! Endless ticket requests for Shaq. «I gave my parents forty. Now after the training I will see what I can do for my colleagues. Then I turn off the cell phone. After all, I have a pretty important match on Saturday…”

Secure your EM ticket on the second attempt

He could easily ignore how important this was: he equaled the old international record of his former U21 coach at FC Basel, Heinz Hermann, who played 118 games. The game will be played in his hometown of Basel. It goes against the country where he was born and where most of his family lives.

The stadium will be owned by the Kosovar diaspora in Switzerland. And Switzerland can secure the European Championship ticket. “I really want to win and be able to celebrate at the end of this special competition. And of course: also scoring goals, because I love scoring goals for Switzerland. Of course I’m going to cheer. But not exaggerated, that is what respect for Kosovo requires.”

Everything sounds great. Judging by the words, fans of the Swiss national team can look forward to Saturday at 8:45 PM. Now we just wait for action. Or as the cheerful Shaq says: “Deliver instead of lafere!”

Source : Blick