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Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri Is a Roomba Made of Lead

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Switzerland beat Serbia 2–1 on Friday in a terrifically exciting game that was decided at the brink of regulation when Swiss star Xherdan Shaqiri sprinted 60 yards and slotted the ball just beyond the goalkeeper's reach. Shaqiri is a mercurial player, but when he's in good form he can seemingly do anything he wants on the pitch. He also happens to be built like a rotary phone. Squat and stout, he has no business being as quick as he is, and yet it shouldn't surprise anyone that he was able to leave the Serbian defense in his dust. Given Shaqiri's unique dimensions, his goal looked less like a goal and more like, well, a whole bunch of other bizarre things.