Switzerland: Road to Brazil 2014 [R]

1-0 after about 30 min.

Great goal by Drmic. His first for the Nati. Well deserved lead.

 

And it ends 2:2. Probably fair.

Croatia much improved in the second half. Drmic with two goals and definitely the number one forward at this stage in current form. Mehmedi still doesn't convince me when he gets a chance.

 

Highlights of the match:

http://www.footytube.com/video/switzerland-croatia-mar05-260483?ref=tchan_ov_vidgrid

It was great to Drmic score with both of his feet. He could be a strong option up front.

 

Our Croatian-Swiss sure like to score against Croatia.

Gavranovic last time with two and now Drmic.

 

Croatia missed major talent. Nobody has ever contacted Josip Drmic. Here is one interview for Croatian media after the match against Croatia. Google Translate: Croatian-English.

http://sportski.net.hr/nogomet/repr...-nisam-slavio-gol-jer-igrao-sam-protiv-svojih

We could see different approaches, each team had its own halftime. Result seems good for both teams, without disturbing media headlines during World Cup preparations.

It seems that Switzerland will have second Croatian coach after Miroslav Blazevic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Blažević

His name is Vladimir Petkovic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Petković

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team

There are several Swiss/Australian players of Croatian descent with these two. Are they talented?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Kukuruzović

Kukuruz means Corn in Croatian language. Idea for his new nickname.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pavlović

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Vidošić

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Ivić_(Croatian_footballer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilija_Kovačić

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Franin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Martić

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomislav_Puljić

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bozanic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Vukušić

 

Indeed.

I'm one of the few on here old enough to remember when the Nati consisted only of 'locals'

SwissGCZ was just a 'babe' when Heinz Hermann strutted his stuff (shame Switzerland had rubbish GK's at the time) - but ever since the involvement of
Turkish/'Yugoslav' immigrants/refugees the Nati have upped their FIFA rankings.

SwissGCZ is still a babe though

 

Shaqiri might miss the beginning of his world cup... but at least the most known football sports doctor is at Munich

 

As well as a father now.

Really hope Shaqiri's career won't be slowed down with repeated injuries.

 

Shaqiri says that he will be fit again in 2-3 weeks and might even play again before Bayern's season is over.

http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/...drei-wochen-bin-ich-wieder-fit-id2800414.html

 

the bad news come from Lustenberger and Wölfli as they will miss the World Cup... hopefully, the other injured players like Schär and Shaqiri will be back soon and play a few matches before the WC, although the season is almost over

well, Hitzfeld has to think about a new nr. 3 keeper. The ones with the best chances are Hitz and Bürki. Wölfli was a good teamplayer and as such a good nr. 3 keeper.