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05.10.2021
Xherdan Shaqiri will be 30 years old next Sunday. The evening before, he will lead the Swiss national team as captain in the game of the World Cup qualification in Geneva against Northern Ireland.
On the square in front of the luxury hotel «Royal Savoy» in Lausanne, hundreds of schoolchildren are shouting. Equipped with cell phones and pens, they wait for Xherdan Shaqiri. You want an autograph or a selfie with the star striker. But Shaqiri keeps the children waiting a little longer. He is currently feeling comfortable talking to the media in small groups and is in no hurry.
That was it not always like that. It could have happened before that Shaqiri declared the conversation ended after an unhappily worded question. “It used to annoy me more when the criticism was negative. When people saw the game and my performance differently than I did. But you have to know how to assess it. Many judge, but they were never professionals themselves. Today that bothers me less, also because I read less newspapers. “
«Every change is a restart»
At the moment Shaqiri doesn’t have to worry about what’s in the newspapers. After seven competitive appearances in a row, no one calculates how many minutes he has missed at the club since the last international match. Shaqiri arrived in Lyon pretty quickly after moving from Liverpool in August, even if he says: “I have played a lot in the last few weeks, but it is still not one hundred percent the way I want it to be.”
A few days before his 30th birthday and a few appearances before his 100th international match for Switzerland, Shaqiri is talking about a new start Club level. “Every change is a new start because you have to get used to the new teammates. It takes time, that’s how it is for me in Lyon. “
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After Shaqiri Missing the three games in September due to a lack of training, he now finds something new in the national team: national coach Murat Yakin. «A new trainer has new ideas. It takes time to understand the new way of playing. But we don’t have this time because we need victories in the qualification right away », says Shaqiri.
On Saturday he will lead the Swiss team against Northern Ireland as captain. Despite the 0-0 first leg in Belfast, Shaqiri is optimistic – for this game and for the entire World Cup qualification. «This team must aim to qualify. The quality is there so that we can do it. »
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The Swiss national team is moving to Lausanne today to the training camp for the World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Lithuania. The first training session is on Monday evening. Murat Yakin’s team will host Northern Ireland in Geneva on Saturday and compete in Lithuania three days later, on October 12th.
05.10.2021
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