2023-06-23 10:30:35
Captain Lia Wälti is well and truly present in Macolin where she joined her 26 national team teammates for the final phase of preparation before the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The midfielder, who has extended his contract with Arsenal, continues to train away from the group but is recovering well from his injury. The 30-year-old Bernese should appear in the list of 23 selected for the World Cup that Inka Grings will reveal on July 3 and to illuminate, as usual, the game of the Swiss team from the match once morest the Philippines on July 21. July.
Foot: Lia Wälti in the interview / 2 / RTS Sport / 4 min. / today at 11:56
RTSsport had gone to meet the Emmentaloise during the rally in April, before she left for personal reasons. Smiling and relaxed, she then spoke of the changes following the appointment of Inka Grings as coach and the World Cup.
“I think sometimes a team needs changes and it was the right time for all of us. A breath of fresh air is always good“, launched the conductor regarding the replacement of the much appreciated Nils Nielsen. “Elle (ndlr: Inka Grings) knows what she wants. She says exactly what she wants. We have a little less freedom, which is not a bad thing. It’s good too, when you know exactly what you have to do. She is also very, very human, always attentive and very positive.“
Inka Grings asks for more aggressive recovery, a little higher pressing and to play more offensively.
Lia Wälti, captain of the Swiss team
“The system also varies a bit“, still analyzed Wälti. “It requires more aggressive recovery, a little higher pressing and to play more offensively.“Certainly enough to allow the Bernese to speak regarding her ability to speed up the game and pierce the opposing lines with a millimeter pass.
The captain is of course aware of certain weaknesses of the Swiss team, capable of teasing the big teams but also of putting themselves in danger. “It’s just important that we learn to be more disciplined in certain matches“, as for example during the play-off once morest Wales last October where Switzerland only passed the shoulder in extra time and thus won their place in the World Cup.
To be the surprise of the World Cup? Why not!
Lia Wälti, captain of the Swiss team
Nevertheless, this Swiss team, made up of a “good mix of young players and experienced elements“, can nurture the minimum ambition to make it through the group stage and even dream bigger.”We are very unpleasant to play. We know how to annoy the big teams.“
Switzerland will participate in its second final phase of a World Cup with more certainty than at the 2015 World Cup where it qualified for the round of 16 or at Euro 2021 where it had made life difficult. to Sweden and the Netherlands in the group stage without however qualifying. Could she be the surprise of the tournament? “Why not! We have a lot of good players, we have talent, we also have experience in big tournaments now.“
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