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Switzerland’s injured Shaqiri out of Euro qualifiers
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Updated on: Mar 19, 2019 09:16 am IST
The 27-year-old Liverpool player missed training on Monday and was instead examined in a Zurich hospital.
Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri will miss this month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers against Georgia and Denmark due to a groin injury, the Swiss FA said on Monday.
“The attacking midfielder is suffering from a painful inflammation in the groin,” the FA announced on its website https://www.football.ch/SFV/Nationalteams/A-Team/News/xherdan-shaqiri-faellt-verletzt-aus.aspx.
The 27-year-old Liverpool player missed training on Monday and was instead examined in a Zurich hospital.
Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic will name a replacement on Tuesday for their opening Euro qualifiers away to Georgia on Saturday and at home to Denmark three days later.
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