Xherdan Shaqiri is a man of big dates. Often intermittent from club shows, the Swiss becomes another player when he smells the scent of international competitions. He proved it again on Wednesday evening by equalizing for the Nati against Scotland, with a magnificent left-footed shot instinctively following an error in the opposing defense’s restart.
This little marvel allows the former Bayern, Inter or OL player, now in MLS with the Chicago Fire, to complete an unprecedented grand slam: he has now scored in each of the six major competitions contested since the 2014 World Cup. What Cristiano Ronaldo or Antoine Griezmann did not achieve, for example.
Among all his goals, we will certainly remember the one scored against Poland in the round of 16 of Euro 2016. The 32-year-old left-hander scored a magnificent backhanded scissor from the edge of the area, to equalize 10 minutes from time. END. Unfortunately for him and his teammates, the Swiss ended up losing on penalties.