Shaqiri speaks after defeat: A brutal Elimination

Gerdan Shaqiri has been looking forward to eliminating in the quarterfinals of Euro-2024.

I think there's nothing more brutal than being eliminated with penalty. We fought and gave everything to continue on the road. I'm very proud of the team and I think we've made a lot of proud and happy people. That was always our grand goal. In soccer a team is also eliminated by penalty, and England was best at them today. We were close, but unfortunately the English had quieter nerves. But people will remember that we played good Europeans. It can also be seen in social media how people have celebrated it, and this has affected us. Such euphoria has affected us, and we cannot be blamed for anything. We're all very proud of the presentation and we can build on this for the next round-of-the-clock tournament, Shaqiri said of Swiss television.