Group pressure 2008-03-31 15:20:00 “For me, Switzerland is one of the Euro 2008 favourites,” said German manager Joachim Löw before his men beat Köbi Kuhn’s boys 4-0 on March 26.
Löw was either on drugs or just being diplomatic – for legal reasons let’s say the latter – as the Swiss are more likely to abandon banking secrecy than lift [...] Read more:Group
Love it or loathe it? 2008-03-25 12:33:01 On June 7, Basel sees the start of the largest sporting event hosted by Switzerland since the 1954 World Cup. And when you look at how much football has changed since then, you can understand why the little Alpine nation has decided to share hosting duties this time with its Austrian neighbours.
Football is no longer [...]
That sinking feeling… 2008-04-09 12:29:35 Switzerland and Austria wouldn’t be playing at Euro 2008 if they weren’t hosting it. On April 9, Fifa, world football’s governing body, released its monthly rankings – and it wasn’t pretty reading for the Euro hosts.
Switzerland dropped from 40th to 46th, tying with Morocco, and Austria continued their spectacular decline by falling from 88th to [...] Read more:sinking
Switzerland’s weakest link? 2008-04-14 08:26:54 Another “constructively critical” blog from an Englishman who needs to complain about something, since his own team generously stood aside to give others a chance this tournament.
Earlier this month Liverpool beat Arsenal 4-2 and qualified for the semifinals of the Champions League, football’s most prestigious club competition. By all accounts, Philippe Senderos, Arsenal’s – and [...] Read more:Switzerland
Good leagues = bad national teams 2008-05-14 15:23:10 Here’s an easy question for you: Which European football league is the most represented at Euro 2008? Is it Italy’s Serie A? Or maybe Germany’s Bundesliga? How about Spain’s La Liga?
Don’t worry: you’ve got a good league…
The answer is, of course, none of them. England’s Premier League is in fact providing the most players [...] Read more:teams
Group therapy 2008-06-02 11:46:19 Is it possible to qualify for the quarterfinals without scoring a single goal? Are two wins out of the three group matches enough to guarantee qualification?
Common sense would say “no” and “yes”. Common sense would be wrong. Welcome to the weird world of qualifying groups.
The mathematics of qualifying for the final eight of Euro 2008 [...] Read more:Group
The problem with co-hosting 2008-06-16 14:54:58 So Switzerland have become the first team to leave their own party after losing their first two games. Five years’ planning undone in three hours.
To be fair, the losses against the Czech Republic and Turkey weren’t as embarrassing as many commentators had feared and Switzerland even managed their first Euro win (admittedly against a “reserve” [...]
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