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Ahead of the Nations League match against Germany, Xherdan Shaqiri talks about the troubled recent past.
Xherdan Shaqiri kept Swiss football on edge last week. The Liverpool player tested positive for the corona virus and therefore missed the friendly against Croatia. After a lot of back and forth, he was allowed to play in the Nations League against Spain.
All the (media) emotion left no trace on him, as he said in an interview before the game against Germany. I kept calm. The media wrote a lot. But of course, I always had the hope that I could play. I was glad it worked against Spain. “
“We don’t have to discuss that.”
Shaqiri is still running after his best form. The 29-year-old was part of the job in Madrid. “I’m still not 100 percent because I was injured and I didn’t have that many minutes of play on my legs.” He especially noticed it during the training sessions, “but I will also try to perform tomorrow.”
The fact that Shaqiri returned to the national team after 450 days last Saturday was not only due to various injuries. The relationship between him and coach Vladimir Petkovic was at least strained. The forward did not want to go into that. “We don’t have to discuss that,” he said. “I think everyone knows that I am very happy to join the national team. I’m happy to be there again. “
No time for analysis
In Cologne, the third game in 7 days for the SFV team will take place on Tuesday. At present, detailing the games is not an option, says Pektovic: “We are completely focused and do not have much time to analyze.”
The fact that Switzerland only got a point from 3 matches does not worry the manager before the test of strength with Germany. “As always, we go to the game to win it. In November we will see that we stay in League A. “
