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Bayern Munich's Shaqiri hoping to guide Switzerland past England

Xherdan Shaqiri is looking to do all he can to guide Switzerland past England on Monday night.

The Bayern Munich midfielder and his Swiss teammates host the Three Lions in Basel in their opening Euro2016 qualifier and the 22-year old young gun is hoping to contribute to just a second win in 20 outings against their opponents.

"England will be coming with many young players who are not so well known," said Shaqiri.

"But we know they want to make amends for what went wrong at the World Cup (when eliminated by Argentina in the Round of 16).

"They will be coming here to win. But we will play our own game. And if we play as we can, we will win.

"We are a tight team that knows what to do and the coach has emphasised we don't need to make major changes for the England game."

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