20/06/2024
20/06/2024
COLOGNE, Germany, June 20, (AP): "Shaq” did it again.
At 32 and having left top-flight European soccer behind to play in MLS, Xherdan Shaqiri is back on the international stage and back scoring again.
His stunning first-half strike secured a 1-1 draw for Switzerland against Scotland at Euro 2024.
It is the sixth straight major international tournament in which Shaqiri scored, dating to the World Cup in 2014.
That’s three World Cups and now three European Championships for the Chicago Fire forward. According to UEFA, he is the first player to achieve that feat.
"He proved tonight that he lives and breathes for moments like these,” Switzerland coach Murat Yakin said.
Shaqiri rolled back the years with a first-time curling effort from about 20 meters out at Cologne Stadium.
Scotland led from the 13th minute when Scott McTominay’s shot took a wicked deflection off Fabian Schar to beat Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer.