It was when Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri celebrated their goals with the Albanian eagle salute that you knew just how much beating Serbia meant to them. Two players of Kosovan descent not only put Switzerland on the brink of the World Cup knockout stages but they struck a blow for the nation their opponents’ government still refuses to recognise. Whatever Arsenal fans think of Xhaka, surely not even they would begrudge him what must have been one of the most emotional goals of this World Cup, with his father having been imprisoned for campaigning for the independence of Kosovo. His equaliser, cancelling out Aleksandar Mitrovic’s early opener, kept Switzerland’s Group E destiny in their own hands before Shaqiri put them firmly in control of it and left Serbia needing to beat Brazil to reach the last 16 for the first time since their country became independent itself. Shaqiri’s stoppage-time winner sparked wild celebrations, the Stoke City winger tearing off his shirt before repeating Xhaka’s earlier gesture, the significance of which he sought to play down afterwards. “In football, you have always emotions and at least you can see what I did and I think it’s just emotion and I’m…