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• Pascal Zuberbühler wants to take Xherdan Shaqiri completely out of the firing line and not hold him responsible for the botched FCB season.
• It is completely legitimate that Shaqiri cannot deliver the same performance after last season.
• Blerim Dzemaili also agrees with his expert colleague and explains why things are not going so well this year.

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After last year's double season, FC Basel has fallen short of expectations this season. FCB had to write off the title defense long ago.

Not least because superstar Xherdan Shaqiri is no longer quite up to his outstanding performances of the previous season. But expert Pascal Zuberbühler absolves the 34-year-old of any blame in the football talk Heimspiel: "I'm taking Shaqiri completely out of the firing line." And Blerim Dzemaili also agrees: "It's definitely not down to him."

"That's completely legitimate"

For Zuberbühler, the problem is rather that Basel rely so heavily on one player. "You expect Xherdan Shaqiri to deliver exactly the same again. Anyone who believes that is blind." The former national team goalkeeper adds: "There has been restructuring and many players have left. It's completely legitimate that things won't go the same way in the new season."

The Bebbi were also a big surprise last season, says Dzemaili: "Everything worked out in Basel last year. Just like now at FC Thun. He now also lacks the running routes from teammates that he had last year." The double burden also plays a role, he adds. Especially for a player like Shaqiri, who already has a long career behind him.

Meanwhile, Michael Wegmann, Head of Sport at blue News, takes a more critical view of Xherdan Shaqiri's role: "Last year, everyone went for him too. He needs ten teammates to run for him. If someone with this star status then misses four penalties, as a teammate you might ask yourself why I'm running for him."