– Yakin’s Switzerland comes back to life
With the 3-1 success against Hungary, in the first match of the Euro, the national team is ideally launched into the competition.
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Inhabited by his flashes, Murat Yakin has in recent months presided over the destiny of the Swiss team like a bad demiurge.
Inhabited by his flashes, Murat Yakin touched genius on Saturday, with his choices, to ideally launch the national team in this Euro, with this 3-1 success against Hungary.
Fragility and strength of the method in the same sequence. “His” Switzerland who barely qualified in the fall for the European meeting, by getting lost, and who found the right path at the best time, for the first match of the tournament. We could see it as a successful poker move this time. But it must be more than that and it is the coming days which must demonstrate this.
If Yakin has nourished a climate of distrust, internally and among supporters, he is also the one who knew how to listen to his players to return to a playing system desired by Granit Xhaka and the leaders of the group (the 3-4- 3), while making his mark with two daring choices (Duah and Aebischer holders).
Everyone comes out of it grown. The players, for having been able to convince their coach; Murat Yakin, for the way he embraced this momentum, infusing it with his ideas. We are not going to talk about sacred union. But Switzerland was starting from far enough away that all this was not indicative of a new departure, of a new coherence.
This requires confirmation, of course, on Wednesday evening against Scotland. This is the meaning of this vision of the future that exists for the national team. But a Swiss hope has taken shape and it is already annoying some Scottish supporters we met on Saturday evening: “If Switzerland plays like they did against Hungary, we have no chance,” they grumbled. They wouldn’t have said that a few days ago.
Daniel Visentini has been a journalist for the Sport Center since 2018. He was the head of the Sports section of the Tribune de Genève for seven years. He closely follows football news, particularly that of Servette FC and the Swiss team.More informations
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