A surprise guest (Miro Muheim) and “returnees” who are eager to find a place in the sun: Murat Yakin’s last list of the year invites ten new players compared to the previous one.
Aged 26, Miro Muheim should benefit from some playing time – according to Murat Yakin – during the next two matches against Serbia on November 15 in Zurich and against Spain three days later in Tenerife. The SV Hamburg left-hander was called up to replace the injured Ulisses Garcia.
Everything also suggests that Ardon Jashari, billing with FC Bruges, that the Super League top scorer Dereck Kutesa and that the former “banned” Noah Okafor will also have their chance at this gathering.
“It is not the speeches that one or the other can make that guide my choices. I will always remain a big fan of the criterion of performance, clarified Murat Yakin to the press. Kutesa deserves to be remembered. As for in Okafor, he may have made a mistake, but he can regain all his credit once he is on the field.”
The Lucernois, the Genevan and the Basel will, like their 23 teammates, have the very delicate mission of preventing Switzerland from a first relegation to League B of the Nations League. “The objective remains maintenance. But it will be difficult to obtain,” sighs Murat Yakin. In his eyes, his team was badly damaged last month in St. Gallen against Denmark by the refereeing. “We were robbed of victory,” he said forcefully.
Strong choices
Strong choices were made in this list. Renato Steffen, Silvan Widmer, Kwadro Duah and Cédric Zesiger, selected for the Euro, are only on duty. The future of these four men seems more and more blocked. On the other hand, he could have turned out better for Loris Benito if he had not been injured on Wednesday in the Champions League with Young Boys.
“Loris would have been on the list without his injury,” slips Murat Yakin. The coach would also have called up FC Lucerne defender Luca Jaquez if he had not been sent off last month with the U21s against Romania.
Finally, Murat Yakin hopes to line up Gregor Kobel against Serbia. Packaged for Dortmund’s last two matches, the Zurich player should however find his place on Saturday in Mainz. “If Gregor cannot play, Yvon Mvogo will be lined up at this rally,” specifies Murat Yakin. In Murat Yakin’s eyes, playing in Ligue 2 with Lorient does not take the Friborg goalkeeper out of the game.
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