Xherdan Shaqiri, Chicago Fire midfielder and one of the great references of Swiss football in recent years, apologized to the Swiss fans for the resounding victory they received against Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 in Qatar (6-1).
“We are very disappointed. On behalf of the team, I apologize to all the fans that we can’t perform as usual,” said Shaqiri.
“We had high hopes, but that’s football, sometimes they show you the limits and this is the case. We lost the game in the first half”, said the veteran player, adding that “should let’s congratulate Portugal, but still the result is definitely huge.”
Without reason
Remo Freuler admitted that one of the keys was that they lost duels and always came later than the Portuguese players. “The only thing we can do is apologize to all the Swiss,” he snapped.
“We are not on the field today and we’re very sorry. It’s a World Cup, it’s every four years. Millions of people waiting for a match like this and then you show this. We are the first to admit it,” admitted Freuler.
The Swiss midfielder added that at half-time they talked in the locker room that despite losing 2-0 “nothing happened, but then they made it 3-0 and it was a turning point. In the end it was 6-1 and it hurts. a lot”.
Source: La Verdad
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