Andi Zeqiri is still a little Boy, as FC Basel conquered the European continent, and for magical nights in the Champions League provides. No miracle is small Andi impressed by the red and blue Supremacy that dominated national all and international exclamation point sets. “As a child, the FCB was my favourite team,” says Zeqiri.
Today, he meets with Lausanne in the Cup quarter-final on the love of his youth. It is not excluded that he meets his future employer. It is not new, the Basler to the U21-national team-courting striker. “Secret meeting because Zeqiri,” writes VIEW at the beginning of January, and reports of negotiations that have taken place in a Hotel in the vicinity of Nyon. The Problem: Zeqiri has been in Lausanne for a contract until June 2021. And with INEOS in the Canton of Vaud have a financially strong donors in the back, which is not reliant on transfer revenue.
Zeqiri even want to make any big thoughts about his future. The most Important thing is that you can finally play soccer again. After a three months break. He had a hard time to motivate yourself? “At the beginning. Because I never was so long without football.”
Since he joined with five FC Ecublens, there has hardly been a day Zeqiri has not kicked in. At 20, he has already completed nearly 100 games for Lausanne. Against FC Basel, the Swiss has played with Kosovar roots already. And taken. “It was my first Super League goal,” says Zeqiri. He will remember forever.
Now 28 in a competitive match for the Canton of Vaud came to it. Alone in this season Zeqiri has already booked a dozen times. Others, including the runaway victory in the Cup-eighth final against Xamax. It is one of the six goals in the EM-qualification of the Swiss U21 national team, and is part of the 20-year-old to the highest-scoring attackers of Switzerland.
White also national team Coach Vladimir Petkovic. Will be there this Sunday in the stadium and, among other things, an eye on Zeqiri throw. This plays in the current season, then a roster for A national team only a matter of time.