Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka being at Liverpool and Arsenal benefits Switzerland despite their mixed club campaigns, according to national team boss Vladimir Petkovic. Shaqiri helped Liverpool to lift the Champions League last weekend but his important semi-final contribution in the comeback win over Barcelona was something of an exception during the second half of the season, when the former Bayern Munich star found first-team opportunities increasingly hard to come by. Xhaka is, by contrast, a regular fixture in Unai Emery's first XI at Arsenal, but the midfielder's displays have come in for regular criticism and his club season ended on the receiving end of a 4-1 Europa League final...
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