I don’t normally abuse my position as a writer at The18 to bring you solely what I would like to bring you — the golden rule for hacks like me is to give the people what the people want — except when it comes Xherdan Shaqiri.
“Give us Messi! Give us Ronaldo!” you clamor. OK, I will. That’ll keep the lights on. But I’m gonna sprinkle in some Xherdan Shaqiri spice every now and then just to keep you on your toes, and to remind you that there’s a lot of beauty in this world: tiny, almost microscopic, banging beauty.
That’s the Alpine Messi for you — very small, but very always scoring bangers. If he’s good enough for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, he’s good enough for you.
You show up to your girl's house. This dude answers the door. What do you do? pic.twitter.com/NiJXWiCCcF
— The18 (@the18com) June 22, 2018