2023-07-20 11:12:52
After five weeks of preparation, Switzerland will enter the World Cup on Friday at 7:00 a.m. Swiss time once morest the Philippines in Dunedin (RTS 2). Faced with the “little thumb” of group A, the selection of Inka Grings hopes to celebrate its first victory of the year.
Five draws and one defeat in six matches: the road to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is frankly nothing of a triumphal march. On the contrary, the defensive largesse seen and the lack of sharpness in the last thirty opposing meters did not really reassure.
We all know what a change of coach entails. It takes time.
Lia Walti
“That doesn’t worry us“, tempers Captain Lia Wälti with her usual calm. “We all know what a change of coach entails. It takes time. Inka (note: Grings) did a lot of testing. She wanted to see all the players in action before the start of the tournament. It therefore lacked automation.“
The Swiss conductor is nonetheless wary of the Philippines. In February during a preparation camp in Spain, the Asian team, semi-finalists of the 2022 Asian Cup of Nations, certainly lost 5-0 once morest Iceland, but were beaten only 2- 1 by Scotland and 1-0 by Wales.
The first match in a competition is always the most complicated, regardless of the opponent.
Lia Walti
“It won’t be easy“Wälti turns away.”Everyone talks regarding an easy game. But the first match in a competition is always the most complicated, regardless of the opponent. It’s a compact team that concedes few goals and rages in counter-attacks.“
No question therefore of taking this match lightly before facing Norway and New Zealand. “It’s up to us to focus on our game to assume our role as favorites“, explains the 30-year-old Bernese, whose team has a good opportunity to reassure themselves and reassure themselves in the face of a formation that is potentially difficult to maneuver but which remains within their reach.
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