Match vs Croatia on 15 August 2012 will be in the beautiful city of Split at Poljud Stadium (34'448) at 20.15h.
Bunjaku with 2 goals in 2nd BL, but he is not in the squad vs Croatia nice to have Gavranovic back. the move to Zurich was a good decision
Me neither, but I'm about to watch ITV making 'jokes' about the Wankdorf. Such is life in England. Shame they weren't showing Croatia v Switzerland instead.
Von Bergin, Rodriguez, Shaqiri, Xhaka, Lchtsteiner, Behrami, Mehmedi, Barnetta, Inler, Benaglio, Djourou. Eduardo da Silva (?) just scored for Croatia on a very nice left-footed turn. Benaglio got a hand to it, but not enough.
Shaqiri with a great run down the center of the pitch, lays it off for Mehmedi, who cuts it back and shoots wide on the near post. 27'.
Shaqiri with a low hard shot off the far post, Barnetta there to finish the goal. 1-2 for the Swiss. 37'.
HT 1-2 Not too bad from the Swiss. The have maintained possession, and limited the real chances that the Croats have had.
The Albania match is almost all sold out. There are only 700 that remain the the Swiss supporter sections. The Albanian supporter section sold out a while ago.
Just so long as the Albanian/Kosovan members of the Nati remember who they're playing for, everything should be ok. We don't want another Turkey (Euro 2008) fiasco do we? Aside from that, it seems that the swiss are having very impressive 'friendly' results.....but seem to invariably go down to 10 men in competitive games....and lose. Hopefully that will change. Obviously.
The team for the Albania and Slovenia matches has been announced. A few suprises: Goalies: Denaglio, Sommer, Wolfli Defenders: Djourou, Lichtsteiner, Nef, Rodriguez, Rossini, von Bergen, Ziegler Midfielders/Forwards: Barnetta, Behrami, Derdiyok, Drmic, Dzemaili, Fernandes. Gavranovic, Inler, Mehmedi, Xherdan, Stocker, Winter, Xhaka
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2995...switzerland-russia-to-top?source=breakingnews One betting agency is giving the Swiss 6-4 odds to win the group.
For what it is worth, the FIFA rankings just came out: Puis: 20. (23.) Switzerland. 24. (33.) Slovenia. 34. (25.) Norway. 84. (74.) Albania. 118. (130.) Iceland. 135. (123.) Cypruse.
For what it's worth, I'll have a punt on Albania to win. Call it a 'psychological hedge bet' A draw is no use. I don't bet on draws. I'd be quite happy with a 5-0 win to the Swiss....but somehow I don't think that will happen.
Nice idea. We all wish....but I doubt that it'll be that simple. Yes, in theory the Swiss *should* win the group......but?