“Currently, Switzerland cannot do without a player like Derek Kutesa” – rts.ch

There are those who have the right attitude to win on Wednesday evening, and not necessarily when we talk about the Champions League, then the one who could be the savior of Friday, at least. Yes, let’s admit it: we have a good sense of Derek Kutesa as a potential big man in the Switzerland-Serbia match on November 15 (8:05 p.m. on RTS 2).

Back in the national jersey after 3 months spent walking on water and making Super League defenses dizzy, but also that of Chelsea in particular, the Servette FC winger is the most anticipated player on the latest list of Yakin, decimated but not necessarily unpleasant (read below). “He is the great attraction, the one we want to see at work“, asks Sébastien Roth, former goalkeeper of the SFC and the selection. “He has evolved a lot in recent years, his work pays off, and he deserves this opportunity to showcase his talent at a very high international level.“, completed Bojan Dimic, assistant coach of the Grenadiers.

Dereck Kutesa does not have the profile of a joker, but rather that of a player that you line up from the start and who will, at one point or another, be able to make a mess…

Snubbed last month, and logically disappointed to have been, the almost 27-year-old player then vowed to set fire to his hallway again and again, so that no one turns a blind eye to his state of form. First bet won. The second, which will consist of shining in the red jersey with a white cross, comes in the next few hours, without anyone being able to imagine that he will not be lined up from kick-off on Friday in Zurich. “Dereck does not have the profile of a joker, but rather that of a player that you line up from the start and who will, at one point or another, be able to make a mess“, underlines Eddy Barea, consultant for RTS and ex-defender of Servette, Xamax and Lugano.

“Kutesa is the top scorer in the Super League, undoubtedly the strongest and most consistent Swiss striker at the momentacquiesce Roth. I don’t see how, at a time when his peers only play a few minutes here and there, we could not rely on his qualities.” If the Genevan’s first cape, in March in Ireland, was hardly exciting, let us remember that the whole of Switzerland then missed out on the Dublin meeting. The context will be quite different at Letzigrund.

Also because the person concerned worked twice as hard to find the red jersey with a white cross. “Derek pays much more attention to many things in and out of training, including his nutrition, observe Bojan Dimic. He has evolved a lot and has given himself the means to reach new levels. He works enormously and does not hesitate to put the work back into practice. I am delighted to see him again in the selection.”

Derek is a hard-hitting, carefree player with speed, who will be able to try big things if given the opportunity…

Thomas Häberli’s assistant knows better than anyone what his colt can bring to Murat Yakin’s troop: “Derek is a hard-hitting, carefree player with speed, who will be able to try big things if given the opportunity. In my opinion, whatever his playing time, everyone will see what he has in his legs. Because yes, he has great confidence!“

Inhabited precisely by this confidence which, in sport even more than elsewhere, can change everything, Derek Kutesa has no pressure to put on himself. He will have to savor the moment and “simply” display the same intentions as in Garnet. “Without Vargas or Ndoye, we don’t have any other players like him in this team, so let’s not do without his servicescontinues Sébastien Roth. He will be able to bring his qualities, competition and shake up the Swiss offensive a little.”

Arnaud Cerutti