Health update Xhaka still completing a special program - Vargas back at full fitness

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4.7.2024 - 10:12

Coach Murat Yakin and captain Granit Xhaka in conversation.
Coach Murat Yakin and captain Granit Xhaka in conversation.
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All national team players will take part in tactical training on Thursday. However, captain Granit Xhaka is still completing a special program.

In a brief statement, the officials announced that Xhaka will take part in part of the training session, which is closed to the public, before returning to fitness exercises. Ruben Vargas, on the other hand, who has also been following an individual program recently, will return to full team training.

Even before the round of 16 match against Italy, which he played the full distance, Xhaka complained of adductor problems. However, an MRI carried out at the beginning of the week did not reveal any serious injury. The media spokesmen have always maintained that there is no risk of him playing against England.

The final training session will be held in Stuttgart on Friday. In the afternoon, the national team will fly to Düsseldorf, where the European Championship quarter-final will take place the following day (18:00).