Editorial –
Swiss football needs a roof for its big family
Still without a national performance center, the Swiss team is tossed from one hotel to another. A problem that is not taken seriously.
Editorial Posted today at 8:07 a.m.
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When the players of the French team arrive at Clairefontaine, it doesn’t matter whether they are in Prada ankle boots or Sergio Tacchini slides, they are immediately caught up in the story. The place is holy, nourished by mythologies, where every corner tells an anecdote.
Before them, from Platini to Zidane, all have passed through these large doors which call for order: no player is above the Blues.
Here, the millionaires in cleats are teammates above all. They share their bedroom, bathroom and meals. To better remember that the jersey they wear is not quite like the others.
The bucolic Château des Yvelines, on the outskirts of Paris, is a symbol. A football house, which brings together all the selections, men’s and women’s, hopefuls and professionals.
Almost every country in Europe has built a temple dedicated to the king of sport. Because it is logistically interesting, of course, but above all because it actively participates in the dissemination of a national gaming culture.
Switzerland, therefore, according to our latest information, will still wait. To believe that she can finally live rather comfortably, tossed from one palace to another, depending on the summons under the flag.
However, this is indeed a crucial issue of cohesion, in a country where (at least) four languages and as many sensitivities compete: a place to bring us all together, a beacon beyond individualities and eras .
If the golden generation of Swiss football has not fared so badly over the last decade, we must first see it as the result of a happy cyclical coincidence, which brought together an unprecedented amount of talent on the same sheet of football. match.
Behind the scenes, again and again, the political vision is lacking. It seems like we will never really be a football country.
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