News about Xherdan Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri has announced his retirement from international following the conclusion of the European Championship .In Germany, the former Liverpool and Bayern Munich midfielder became the only European player to score in the last six major tournaments when he netted in Switzerland's 1-1 draw with Scotland. Shaqiri featured in two of Switzerland's five tournament matches before they were dumped out of the competition at the quarter-final stage by England on penalties.

Switzerland's football team will have a host of glamorous WAGs on hand - including a jewellery business owner, a PhD student and a social media influencer. The players' old flames are no less glamorous, including Kosovan-Albanian pop star Dhurata Ahmetaj - who was once said to be in a relationship with winger Xherdan Shaqiri - and Steven Zuber's ex-wife Mirjana. Pictured left to right: Alexandra Munger, Celine Widmer and Selin Bey.

There were own goals and wonder goals. There were script-changing late goals. Records were shattered, hearts broken and noses busted in the group stage of Euro 2024. There were bright shiny newbies and great golden oldies. Unlikely heroes burst from the fringes. There were pink kits and pretzels, armies of tartan, invasions of orange. Blaring car horns of late-night celebration, doner kebabs and mighty steins of ale.

Granit Xhaka has been Price Boosted to 3/1 odds to have one or more shots on target tonight - as Switzerland look to upset hosts Germany in Frankfurt tonight. There are a further three boosts available courtesy of Sky Bet - of which include Dan Ndoye to win 2+ fouls at 1/1, Kai Havertz to commit 3+ fouls at 4/1, and Xherdan Shaqiri to score from outside the area at 16/1.

Scotland earned a crucial draw against Switzerland on Wednesday night to keep their hopes of reaching the knock-out stage alive, but the quality of the match was not to the liking of one Tottenham legend. Scott McTominay's deflected strike gave Scotland an early lead in the Group A match in Cologne, as Steve Clarke's side aimed to bounce back from their 5-1 opening day loss to Germany. A stunning Xherdan Shaqiri effort brought Switzerland back level in the 26th minute, with neither side able to score a crucial second goal to eventually leave them having to settle for a 1-1 draw.

AADAM PATEL IN COLOGNE: Steve Clarke insisted that his side performed 'much more' like a Scotland team after they drew 1-1 against Switzerland to keep their qualification hopes alive at the Euros. 'That's what we expected. It's a good reaction to the other night,' the Scotland boss said. 'This is the way we've been playing and it's the reason we're here at a major tournament. We showed we can play, we did what we had to do and we're still in the competition,' added Clarke. After a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Germany in Munich, Scotland put in a much-improved display in Cologne, taking the lead through Scott McTominay before Switzerland equalised through a Xherdan Shaqiri wonder strike following a mistake from Tony Ralston.

IAN HERBERT IN COLOGNE: A tide of royal blue support on the banks of Rhine lifted Scotland to another level on Wednesday night and kept their place in these championships alive. The team they urged on were confronted by opponents who threatened them and just briefly, looked like they might bury them, but Scotland were lifted to another level. They took the point which means a win against Hungary in Stuttgart on Sunday could take them to the knock-out stages of a tournament for the first time. You would not say it was a European sophistication from Scotland. Just direct, vertical, muscular highly effective football. And it worked. Amid the cacophony of noise, they struck a post and could walk away in the knowledge that that were the better side.

AADAM PATEL IN COLOGNE: Scotland's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of Euro 2024 are still alive after they secured a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Wednesday. Steve Clarke's men took the lead in the first half after Scott McTominay's shot took a wicked deflection past Yann Sommer into the Swiss net. Xherdan Shaqiri responded soon after in emphatic fashion, capitalising on Anthony Ralston's wayward back-pass before rifling a shot into the top left corner of Scotland's net. Scotland went on to hit the post before the Swiss had a goal ruled out for offside to see the shares spoiled in Group A.

Switzerland are the international team Scotland aspire to be. A nation whose reliability at major tournaments is almost as consistent as the precision of their timekeeping. Before Euro 2024, a misapprehension took root amongst the Tartan Army. Germany would win Group A easily, leaving Scotland to fight for second and third place with a rejuvenated Hungary. The second game against Switzerland would be a repeat of the Scots' win at Euro '96. When the Swiss swept Hungary aside in their opening fixture, that began to look like a dangerous miscalculation. Given Scotland's display against Germany, it was an act of gross delusion.

After making a major impact at Euro 2020, Switzerland will be determined to go even further on this occasion. In the last edition of the competition, Switzerland showed excellent spirit as they overcame France and made it through to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten on penalties by Spain.  Being placed in the same group as hosts Germany won't make matters easy for Switzerland this time around, but they will be hopeful that they can finish above Scotland and Hungary.

The latest international break may be over, but the narratives and discussions surrounding various national teams are only likely to rise in the run-up to Euro 2024. The 24 teams that will be competing in Germany this summer have been confirmed at the conclusion of Tuesday's play-off finals. Among the bookies' favorites to win the tournament are France, England, Germany, and Portugal, which will begin in Munich on June 14th.

Chicago finished the 2023 MLS Season with 40 points from 10 victories, 14 losses, and 14 losses, ranked 13th in the Eastern Conference table, ahead of Lionel Messi's Inter Miami and FC Toronto. After scoring a total of 39 goals in 34 games this season, the Fire needs to add a designated player, a striker, to its ranks. Xherdan Shaqiri, a former Liverpool and Bayern Munich winger, will help anyone who needs it.

The Miami team's hopes of making the playoffs spiralling following the former Liverpool player's poor left-footed finish during Chicago Fire's 4-1 victory over the Herons. He scored his fourth and final goal of the game in front of more than 60,000 supporters, a record attendance at Soldier Field. The Herons are not statistically eliminated with only three matches remaining. If they want to advance further, they will now need nine out of a possible nine points from their previous games.

Kosovo's Euro 2024 qualifier against Romania was postponed after Romanian supporters were heard chanting "Kosovo is Serbia." The offensive gesture, which also included banners being unfurled in the stands of Romanian supporters with the same message, resulted in the Kosovan players leaving the pitch before heading to the changing rooms. Only 19 minutes of the match had been played, with the score level at 0-0 at the time of the suspension. Kosovo and Serbia are at odds due to the fact that Kosovo is mainly ethnic Albanian-populated territory that was previously a Serbian province. In 2008, the country declared independence.

The asylum seeker, who is believed to be an Afghan national, logged his ride through France before boarding the Channel on a packed boat and arriving at a migrant hotel in England. Rahat Popal's series of clips begins with him traveling by train to northern France with two other guys. As migrants prepare to migrate from the French coast to southern England, a video appears to show him marching with a group of others migrants. As they passed by a large container ship in the Channel, the man films himself crammed on a tiny dinghy with hundreds of other migrants, most young men with some perched on the edge of the overloaded boat.

Lucas Zelarayan scored in the 93rd minute to give the Columbus Crew a 2-1 victory over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday. The Firefighter had boosted the Fire to a 1-1 tie after Cucho Hernandez gave the Crew the lead in the 59th. Xherdan Shaqiri's goal in the 88th minute had brought the Fire to a 1-1 draw. But Zelarayan saw goalkeeper Spencer Richey call the ball off his line minutes later and sent the ball into the open net.

For the second time this week, the Chicago Fire beat the MLS newcomers by a narrow 1-0 victory over ten-man St. Louis City. Rafael Czichos scored late in the first half, but Chris Brady made it stand up to help Chicago win. Under interim coach Frank Klopas' leadership in the first meeting between the teams, the Fire eliminated St. Louis City in US Open Cup play with a 2-1 win earlier this week. After the Fire sacked head coach Ezra Hendrickson, Klopas took the reins. Chicago had lost two straight and five of its last seven against expansion teams in a row.

Argentina beat France in one of the most thrilling World Cup finals in history on Sunday, ending 36 years of suffering. England and Brazil both eased into the knockout stages, but they crashed to the quarter-finals, while Morocco and Croatia defied the odds to make the semi-finals. Sportsmail has put together a report card for the teams that advanced to the last-16 after four weeks of thrilling action.

As they lost 6-1 to a tumultuous Portugal in the last 16 at Lusail Stadium on Tuesday, Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri apologised to their fans after being kicked out of the World Cup in a humiliating manner. Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick, with Pepe, Raphael Guerreiro, and Rafael Leao all on the scoresheet as Portugal defeated Switzerland in their first World Cup quarter-final since 2006. As Switzerland were defeated in every part of the pitch, Portugal coach Fernando Santos benched Cristiano Ronaldo and was rewarded with a cleaner and more artful performance from his team.

On Monday, FIFA lodged disciplinary charges against Serbia for suspected misconduct by players and fans, which included offensive chanting during their World Cup loss to Switzerland. Tensions erupted in the stands and on the field in a rematch of their tumultuous match at the 2018 World Cup, sparking ethnic Balkan rivalries. Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland in Friday's match, and he scored the first goal with an assist from Xherdan Shaqiri in a 3-2 victory over Serbia that eliminated Serbia.

Granit Xhaka, Switzerland's Granit Xhaka, has denied allegations that he tense up the Serbian team despite replays of the midfielder making an insulting gesture towards the bench. Switzerland triumphed in their final Group G match, winning 3-2, and secured their spot in the World Cup round of 16. The match was marred by controversies as Xhaka - and his national teammate Xherdan Shaqiri - were found giving signals toward the Serbian bench.

Serbia is in need of a victory against Switzerland in Group G's last game, putting the team in a good position despite their 1-0 loss to Brazil on Monday. Serbia could have advanced to second place in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Cameroon, but they were unable to hold on. Sportmail takes you through everything you need to hear about below as the match quickly approaches.

Don Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer, has inflamed the rumors about Lionel Messi's potential arrival in the United States by openly stating the league's eagerness in his signature. In Qatar, the Argentine maestro is currently on national team service. Argentina's World Cup timeframe is uncertain, and Messi's club future remains uncertain. Despite the fact that Messi is often associated with Messi, the MLS has made their wishes clear for all to see.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is just days away, with the first-ever winter edition of the tournament drawing ever closer. Qatar will launch proceedings against Ecuador on November 20 in the United Kingdom, while England's campaign against Iran will continue the following day. Following their triumph in Russia four years ago, holders France, as well as Brazil, are once more among the favorites.