Euro 2024: ask our journalist your questions about the Nati!

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5:30 p.m.

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5:30 p.m.

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5:25 p.m.

This team is not made to endure. She likes to have the ball, she is interesting when she has possession. When she loses it, like in the second half against Hungary, she suffers, she is not comfortable. And it is not effective against it. Not yet in any case: she had breaking situations well before Embolo’s 3-1, in the 93rd.

5:24 p.m.

So it’s okay, we’re already looking this far? Switzerland must first reach the round of 16. And then we’ll see who against. But let’s think about Scotland first.

5:23 p.m.

Yes Sabine, but the French-speaking people are present and also have their voice to be heard, with Ndoye, Amdouni, Zakaria, Mvogo, Sierro. A minority, it’s true. We would have liked to see Mbabu and Lotomba also in the group. But, although deserving, they clearly did not fit into Murat Yakin’s plans.

5:22 p.m.

She was excellent on all levels, dear Laurent. Intention to press, desire to play high and recover the ball high, therefore. Intelligence of Aebischer’s placement, who refocused when Switzerland had the ball: his assist for Duah and his goal come from there, full axis. It’s a benchmark half-time for Switzerland, which we haven’t seen with these intentions for more than ten months.

5:17 p.m.

Reminder of the last Euro dear Sylvain Nyffenegger. Switzerland qualifies among the best thirds only, behind Italy and Wales. She fell in the round of 16 against France, the reigning world champion. And she eliminates him in a crazy match that no one has forgotten. So yes, there was infinitely more certainty, consistency and style in what Switzerland offered three years ago. But potentially, with the return of Embolo, there is still quality in the group. Qualification for the round of 16 is the legal minimum for this team. The rest, who knows…

5:14 p.m.

So Benoît, first to Cologne, Wednesday evening. All this to say that we must not put the cart before the horse. In one match, against Hungary, she did better than in the last ten months. But we must confirm all this without getting carried away. Afterwards, there is a dynamic that can be established. But we must first qualify for the round of 16 and beating a Scotland who will want to react is the first step.

5:13 p.m.

But Claude Barberis, this Euro has just started, right? And Switzerland started with a success, in style for at least 60 minutes. So maybe she can pretend to go far now. To have. Yakin has gone back to 3-4-3, Xhaka is the boss on the pitch, at the heart of the game. Who knows: the peace of the brave might work.

5:12 p.m.

Dear Yoann Quidam, Embolo has already returned, making a mark what’s more. We hope Zakaria will follow. But his injury, a muscle tear in his thigh, like Embolo, was a little more serious. It takes a little more time. And then you have to find the rhythm again. Not easy. Amdouni? The choice of Yakin with Duah proved the coach right. But I want to believe that Amdouni will have his chance and that he will be able to seize it too.

5:10 p.m.

That’s a good question Claude. Murat Yakin’s contract ends after this Euro and if he leaves (we mention contacts in Saudi Arabia), a replacement will have to be found. It will take someone legitimate. I dare to hope that the ASF already has names. Continue? I don’t know. Geiger? He has the experience. In absolute terms, the fantasy would be for Lucien Favre to return to service by taking over the team. But it’s music for the future. Maybe if Switzerland wins the Euro, Yakin will stay in place…

5:07 p.m.

Well, simple dear Olaf. Denis Zakaria, for the good humor. Granit Xhaka to talk football with perhaps the best Swiss player in history. And, of course, Yann Sommer: we all saw in the advertising that he is a barbecue ace!

5:05 p.m.

Hello Inès! I would be tempted to put a coin on England. She has been waiting for a title since the 1966 World Cup. A lease. I’m keeping an eye on France too. And on Germany at home. She has a lot to be forgiven for: eliminations in the group stage at the 2018 and 2022 World Championships, elimination in the round of 16 of the last Euro, between two…

5:04 p.m.

Trick question Maxime! Only the beginning, but no, not really. Logically, I am not one of those who think that an international player must know how to sing the national anthem to be legitimate. What he does on the pitch, for the jersey, interests me more.

5:03 p.m.

Tricky question dear Claire! Basically, they are competitors. If I have preferential information, I will never share it with a fellow competitor. Afterwards, we are a small group. With good friends and the affinities that go with it, like everywhere.

5:02 p.m.

So Clément, the nicest, is perhaps Denis Zakaria. It is solar. He always has a smile. A joy in a team. Interesting to say the least, I abstain: I wouldn’t want him to read it here…

5:01 p.m.

Dear Laura, the least we can say is that he makes choices. Sometimes unhappy, like before the round of 16 of the World Cup against Portugal. Sometimes it pays off, like last Saturday against Hungary, with the start of Duah and Aebischer. There was a lot of tension between him and the leaders of the team, Xhaka in the lead. In the end, what is a good coach? He’s the one who gets results.

5:00 p.m.

Yes Serge. In the sense that what Switzerland had been offering for 10 months was very far from its real potential. Many doubts existed. That she regains her pace for the first match of the tournament is the good news. But this should not be an end in itself.

4:59 p.m.

It’s Joëlle’s vacation! No just kidding. It starts early. Switzerland, in Stuttgart, trains in the morning and there is some sort of press briefing almost every day. We don’t always learn alcove secrets, but we get the pulse of the selection. And then we organize ourselves, to plan papers, article angles to tell things. From Switzerland, from his entourage, from the rest of the Euro too. In coordination with the newspaper, which always asks for things at the last moment. No I’m kidding. But it’s gripping, until the evening.