Published on June 11, 2024 at 05:33. / Modified on June 11, 2024 at 05:37.
“At the start of my marriage, everything was fine. But as soon as you leave the church…” The adventures of the Swiss team at Euro 2024 in Germany, where it will play its first match on Saturday June 15 at 3 p.m. against Hungary, recall this witticism of Woody Allen. Arriving Monday afternoon by bus in Stuttgart after fifteen days of training in Saint-Gall, the Nati quickly became disillusioned by discovering the pitch of the Stadion Aus der Waldau, a green setting on the heights of the city, for a first open training to the public.
In front of nearly 4,000 people (closed ticket offices), including many children wearing Sommer, Kobel or Xhaka jerseys, Murat Yakin’s players walked on a lawn with visible seams. A patchwork of 670 rolls of grass grown elsewhere and assembled four weeks ago on land previously stripped of its old grass skin, according to the Geneva Tribunewho devoted an article Monday morning to the demanding standards that the Nati has imposed for several years wherever it sets up its base camp.
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