Media on the Scotland draw "A game like Shaqiri's career: a dream goal and then nothing for a long time"

The European Championship match between Switzerland and Scotland offers little spectacle - with one exception. Xherdan Shaqiri enchants the football world with a dream goal. Voices from the media.

🇨🇭 Switzerland

NZZ: "Yakin's box of wonders is well filled - Switzerland are almost in the last 16 of the European Championship" - "The protagonists suffer, taking the entertainment to the extreme in the final phase. Both sides could have scored the winning goal, but it remains a 1-1 draw that brings the Swiss very close to the qualification for the round of 16."

Tagesanzeiger: "Shaqiri's dream goal saves Switzerland" - "Switzerland are a long way away from the brilliance of the game against Hungary - with a lot to do they manage a 1-1 draw. The consolation is that a lot would have to happen against Germany on Sunday to miss out on the round of 16."

Watson: "Brilliant Shaqiri, lackluster point - Switzerland is very close to the European Championship round of 16" - "His eternal critics will have been grumbling again. But Xherdan Shaqiri is back in the starting line-up for Switzerland's second game at this European Championship. Despite all the doubts about his form and fitness, after sitting on the bench for 90 minutes in the opener against Hungary."

St.Galler Tagblatt: "Shaqiri ours! Switzerland has one and a half legs in the round of 16 after the 1:1 against Scotland" - "In the end, the Swiss had to suffer this draw. Which says a lot about their second appearance at the European Championships, which was no match for their strong first. However, it should be noted that the Swiss can in principle live with the 1:1."

🇩🇪 Germany

Bild: "Switzerland slip up against Scotland: Now one point is enough for us to win the group!" - "At first it even looked like the Swiss would lose against Scotland - until Xherdan Shaqiri (32) equalized! Scotland defender Ralston plays a catastrophic misplaced pass right into the feet of the ex-Bayern professional. Shaqiri takes off straight away and curls the ball into the near corner to make it 1:1. A real fury!"

Spiegel: "Shaqiri's dream goal is not (yet) enough for Switzerland to reach the last 16" - "Switzerland would have needed a win to advance to the last 16 of the European Championship. But the Scots fought back with everything they had."

11Freunde: "Shaq it off" - "A game like Xherdan Shaqiri's career: a dream goal. And then nothing for a long time."

Kicker: "Shaqiri silences Scots with dream goal"

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Herald Scotland: "Steve Clarke's men keep their dream of reaching the last 16 of Euro 2024 alive" - "A huge banner unfurled by a phalanx of Tartan Army foot soldiers at Cologne's RheinEnergieStadion this evening urged Scotland to "Rise up now and be a nation again" ahead of their second Euro 2024 match against Switzerland. Andy Robertson and his team-mates, their pride badly dented by last Friday night's 5-1 defeat to Germany in Munich, did just that."

The Scottish Sun: "A stroke of luck" - "Nobody could have predicted Shaqiri's finish. It was simply out of this world."

Daily Record: "Scott McTominay keeps Scotland's Euro 2024 dream alive" - "The dream start was made when Scott McTominay scored with the help of a Fabian Schär deflected shot to send the Swiss into a frenzy of joy. But we only do things the hard way in this country. A misplaced back pass from Anthony Ralston allowed Xherdan Shaqiri to score his customary dream goal, and it could have been even worse when he put the ball in the net for a second time moments later, but Angus Gunn was spared by the offside flag."

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🇫🇷 L'Équipe: "Switzerland held back by Scotland at the Euros" - "Switzerland failed to beat Scotland (1-1) in an evenly-matched game on the second day of the European Championships."

🇪🇸 Marca: "Shaqiri makes it a little easier" - "Yakin's side needed to recover from Schär's early own goal and they did so thanks to the brilliant Xherdan Shaqiri, for whom the European Championship holds no secrets."

🇮🇹 Gazzetta dello Sport: "Nobody wins, but perhaps nobody regrets it that much. Not so Switzerland, who remain second in Group A and will continue to do so unless incredible results come their way."

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