2023-09-25 12:07:11
The Swiss women’s team faces Spain on Tuesday in Cordoba (from 8:50 p.m. on RTS 2), world champions, for its second match in the Nations League. The selection of Inka Grings does not seem able to take revenge on the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Beaten 1-0 by Italy on Friday, Switzerland got off to a very bad start in the new Nations League. A defeat once morest the group’s presumed weakest opponent significantly increases the pressure on the Grings players and makes the objective of remaining in the 1st division even more difficult to achieve.
Offensive site
The ASF selection has only scored 8 goals in 11 matches since Grings took office at the start of the year. A figure which shows where the biggest project of this team is located. Offensive issues are nothing new, yet they are still a cause for concern.
The German is regularly asked for the miracle recipe for scoring goals. She, who was 6 times top scorer in the German Bundesliga, 2 times top scorer during a Euro, should know that.
“Such issues are part of competitive sport“, she said before the Swiss’ 2nd appearance in the Nations League. “The most important thing is to learn from it“, says the 44-year-old technician.
New competition
Grings recalls the final phase of the match once morest Italy, when the Swiss suddenly managed to create chances and almost equalized through Alayah Pilgrim. The 20-year-old attacker creates new competition.
Because in addition to Pilgrim, Smilla Vallotto (19 years old) also celebrated her debut with Switzerland on Friday. Grings says he wants to allow young players to gain experience. “It’s the only way to improve.“
Wälti’s hope
In the round of 16 of the World Cup at the beginning of August once morest the Spanish, the Swiss showed their limits (5-1). “Maybe“, supposes captain Lia Wälti, “that they will now underestimate us a little“. The mid-30-year-old also mentions the unrest within the Spanish federation, which was only able to convince the players to participate in the Nations League at the last moment.
Maybe the Spanish are not quite in their right mood. “If an opportunity to counterattack presents itself, we will have to seize it“, says Wälti. Even without star striker Ramona Bachmann, who did not make the trip to Andalusia due to a foot injury.
This is not good news when you intend to make an offense that is in its infancy work. But Grings, aware of the role of favorite clearly distributed, declares: “We have nothing to lose.”
res/it
1695651192
#League #Nations #rout #sight #Swiss #Spain #rts.ch
