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midfielder Granit Xhaka said he was ‘very relieved’ after a knee injury turned out to be only bruising rather than ligament damage. The Arsenal player had collapsed in training and was carried off in tears by team-mate Breel Embolo, raising fears he could miss the World Cup, but team doctor Pierre Etienne Fournier said: ‘It’s just a painful bruise on the knee.’

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