You can’t blame Swiss fans for getting a little bit carried away on Friday night
As a tense World Cup group game with Serbia appeared destined for a 1-1 draw, Xherdan Shaqiri beat a pathetic attempt to play him offside (he was in his own half, ffs) to slide hime a 90th-minute Switzerland winner.
The goal came as a massive boost to Vladimir Petković’s side’s hopes of reaching the last 16 stage, taking them second in their group behind Brazil on goal difference.
While most of the talk since the game has centred on the controversy of the celebrations used by Shaqiri and Switzerland’s other scorer, Granit Xhaka, some of those watching the game appeared to enjoy the significantly less political way one Swiss supporter reacted to the deciding goal.
Footage showing the Swiss players celebrating in front of their supporters also appears to show a **wheel of cheese** being thrown in their direction. Falling just short of the advertising hoardings – nearly decapitating a cameraman in the process – the cheese then bounces onto the grass…
A fan threw a wheel of Swiss cheese onto the field after the late Shaqiri goal 🤣#SRBSUI pic.twitter.com/O44eQ8z2f8
— STEPOVER (@StepoverFC) June 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/TonyCurmi/status/1010252763010301952
Did I just see a full wheel of fucking cheese flying down from the celebrating Switzerland fans?! Hahahahaha what a World Cup!!! 🧀🧀🧀🧀 #Switzerland #SERSUI #Worldcup2018Russia #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/UfuS3XyuEM
— Joe Booth (@boovyLFC) June 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/EAANGEL/status/1010249167522934792
https://twitter.com/barelolz/status/1010248915810242560
Did the Switzerland fans just throw a wheel of cheese?! 🤔😂 #SUI #WorldCup
— Jordan Brown (@Browny_MCFC91) June 22, 2018
How did they get this through security? Is this a traditional way of celebrating Swiss goals? If so, has anyone ever been killed by a wheel of cheese hitting them on the head? So, so many questions.
We just hope Switzerland mark their next World Cup goal by throwing something equally Swiss in the direction of their players. A Toblerone, perhaps? Maybe a cuckoo clock? Hell, why not just throw Roger Federer or a live brown Swiss cow?
