2023-11-17 17:23:38
The time for dreams of grandeur with the ambition of a ten out of ten in this preliminary round of Euro 2024 is well over for the Swiss team. It is now appropriate to wear the warm-up blue when Kosovo comes on Saturday, in a meeting which has become one of all dangers.
Three days following sharing the points once morest Israel in the Hungarian campaign, Murat Yakin and his players benefit from a second match point to ensure – finally – direct qualification. One point will be enough if, at the same time, Israel does not win once morest Romania. But in a sold-out Parc St-Jacques which will be won by the opponent and with confidence which has crumbled in recent weeks, the task does not look easy.
In the crosshairs of all the country’s media which is wondering regarding the relevance of his possible dismissal, can Murat Yakin rekindle the flame? The resignation of its executives during the second period once morest Israel suggests that a breaking point has been reached. Manuel Akanji and Granit Xhaka were in fact eaten by Israelis who did not really “exist” last Sunday in Pristina once morest Kosovo. If he does not manage to achieve the sacred union with the winner of the Champions League and his captain, Murat Yakin will not be able to stay in his post.
“Neither Brazil nor Germany”
On Friday, it was up to Xherdan Shaqiri to preach the good word. Upset at not having played on Wednesday, the man who is the oldest member of the Swiss team with a first selection honored on… March 3, 2010, asks everyone to “keep your feet on the ground“. “We are neither Brazil nor Germany, but Little Switzerlandhe recalls. We must deliver the goods in every match. You also have to stay calm. First place in the group is still within our reach. However, you should never underestimate your opponent.“
Murat Yakin has given no real indication of the choices he intends to make for Saturday’s meeting, perhaps the last chance for him. He simply clarified that Yann Sommer will keep his place in the cage following the new withdrawal of Gregor Kobel who was in principle to play this meeting.
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