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The two players each crossed their hands into an eagle gesture after finding the net in the World Cup Group E clash against serbia.
Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka both performed 'double eagle' hand gestures after scoring for Switzerland against Serbia on Friday, seemingly making a clear political statement.

Both players appeared to evoke the Albanian flag after finding the net in the 2-1 victory for the Swiss that saw Shaqiri slot home a late winner.

The 26-year-old kept his cool in the 90th minute of the crucial World Cup Group E clash to complete Switzerland's comeback after they had fallen behind early on in the first half.
As he wheeled away in celebration, the Kosovo-born playmaker crossed his hands to imitate an eagle, which appears on Albania's flag, prompting reporters to ask whether the gesture was a statement in light of Serbia's failure to recognise his birthplace as an independent state.

"I don't want to speak about this," Shaqiri replied. "In football you always have emotions. You can see what I did, I have emotions.
"I am happy to score this goal. We don't have to speak about this now."

Granit Xhaka celebrated in a similar way after scoring a brilliant long-range goal, with both players having Albanian heritage. Xhaka's father was imprisoned for demonstrating against Serbia's government in the 1980s.

Shaqiri was born in the Kosovan city of Gjilan, but was forced to move to Switzerland with his Kosovar-Albanian parents at just four-years of age. He acquired Swiss citizenship through residency, with the family unable to return to their homeland when war broke out.
Serbia refuses to recognise Kosovo's independence, despite gaining self-governance in 2008, meaning that tensions remain high in the region The Stoke City player also wore boots featuring both the Swiss and Kosovan flags.

Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner, meanwhile, came to the defence of Shaqiri and team-mate Xhaka, Lichtsteiner feels that the political backdrop made the game a difficult one for his team-mates. "We have a lot of Albanians, so there is a lot of history between Serbia and Albania. It was a very tough game for them mentally."
New Arsenal signing Lichtsteiner believes that his team-mates were well within their rights to celebrate the way they did, despite the possibility that Xhaka and Shaqiri could face fines from FIFA for making political statements during the World Cup.
"This is the history for them," the full-back said. "The war between them was so difficult. I spoke to the father of one of our players who is Albanian, and he told me about this history. This is more than football. This is more than football because they have this period, this war that gave them both big problems.

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If you ask me.... na who i go ask

Who cares? 5 African teams, none made it to Second Round courtesy of FIFA Fraud

Ok

To the guys above me

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Dat is not ur problem and doesn't concern U. In laymans language, Dey were showing support for their own Biafra which is Albania.. D Eagle is d Symbol of Kosovo and Serbia was their Nigeria dat showed dem nweee.. Xhaka and Shaqiri are both Albanians by birth before choosing to play for switzerland.. Till today Serbia has refused to recognise them as an independent region. They were both fined for it and d Albanian leader opened up an account and asked Albanians to contribute to paying their fine

hisexcellency34:
Who cares? 5 African teams, none made it to Second Round courtesy of FIFA Fraud

Make Africa no go learn ball , keep crying foul every time... Egypt couldn't beat a Saudi Arabia, Morocco played well too late themselves same for Tunisia and Nigeria have no idea what game management is... Senegal decided to play like imbeciles afta doing so well in their first 2 games.... Mane and Niang decided to not pass d ball to themselves and U are here crying conspiracy... D fair play rule has been in existence before now

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This is all I have to say

Because they feel like

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He's trying to say they did to Serbia wat d super eagles couldn't do to them in d friendly prior to the world cup. Simple

Though they represent Switzerland, they are originally from Kosovo. Serbia and Kosovo are like cat and dog. Serbia doesn't recognize the breakaway Kosovo as a country but unfortunately US, UK, UN, etc have all recognized Kosovo as an independent country.

FIFA has already imposed a fine of $20k on them for the celebrations. However, Kosovo and Albania have jointly notified that they will pay the fine on behalf of the two players

They are both of Albanian origin.

Albania has had age long diplomatic issues with Serbia.

So the Win for Switzerland from a goal scored by an Albanian is a bitter pill to swallow for the Serbians. Hence Shaqiri and Xhaka had to present it as also a win for Albania, their country of origin.

We will start hearing Illuminati ish now

Their PROBLEM

Make Mikel do for Biafra when he score

Their problem.
Maybe self they are insinuating that super eagles refused to mourn victims of Jos massacre self.





Abeggii check my SIGNATURE

hisexcellency34:
Who cares? 5 African teams, none made it to Second Round courtesy of FIFA Fraud

cos they were nt good enuf

Lol
We gonna be hearing different versions soon
Illuminati et cetera
People have been making signs from time immemorial

This has made fp previously

hisexcellency34:
Who cares? 5 African teams, none made it to Second Round courtesy of FIFA Fraud

Senegal own weak me like WTF is fair play? As if the referees were fair to African teams

plz I haven't gotten likes on nairaland...I jst want beg,kindly gv a brother in need of likes..One 9jeria.

Mtcheeeeeeeew

OP.....because they are both fans of the number one stunna BIRDMAN

bazkid24:
This is all I have to say

nice concept please I have earned one

Interesting thread, dumb responses.

Here's a wiki link summarising the serbia/Kosovo issues.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo–Serbia_relations

These guys are heroes and deserve some respect...

If Mikel and Moses had some sense..they would have made similar gesture against the killings in Jos...but what do they know? Na to chop them Sabi, do back flip

I thought they were supporting super eagles na