Xherdan Shaqirimidfielder of choice Switzerlandassured that the clash against Portugal in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 will be different from the two that recently starred in League of Nations. “For me it will be completely different, because there is no friendly match, it is not the League of Nations, the pressure is high, and now it is important how the players deal with this pressure,” he said. shaqiri to informants at the Swiss training camp at the University of Doha.
Portugal and Switzerland meet in group A2 of the current League of Nations. The Swiss fell 4-0 to Jose Alvalade in Lisbon with a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo and won 1-0 in Geneva with a first-minute goal from Haris Seferovic.
The player of Chicago Fire The American admitted they will need a “great performance” at the Lusail Stadium on Tuesday. “Portugal is a good team and they are the favorites in this match, but we know our qualities and we will try to create many problems for them,” he said.
Author of one of the goals in the decisive victory against Serbia (3-2), shaqiri he insisted on the need to have a great performance to go to the quarterfinals: “We have to have a special performance from the whole team because we are Switzerland, we don’t have Christians.”
“When we act as teams we are successful and it is the same for that game. We have to stick together and if all the players reach their highest level we will have a chance to qualify,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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