Swiss U-20 vs England [Archive]

RobtheAggie

11 Mar 2003, 09:05 AM

Next wednesday night 19 March, in Sion the Swiss U-20 team plays England. Here is the Swiss line-up:

Keepers
Diego Benaglio (20, VfB Stuttgart)
Johnny Leoni (19, Sion)

Defenders
Philipp Degen (20, Basel)
Ronny Hodel (21, Luzern)
Yves Miéville (20, Servette)
Philippe Montandon (21, Wil)
Steve Von Bergen (20, NE Xamax)

Midfield
Christoph Baumann (20, Thun)
Manuel Bühler (20, Aarau)
David Degen (20, Aarau)
Loïc Favre (20, Lausanne)
Adnan Jasari (20, Winterthour)
Baykal Kulaksizoglu (20, Grasshopper)
Yassin Mikari (20, Grasshopper)
Roger Wagner (21, Winterthour)

Forwards
Stefan Blunschi (20, Baden)
Fabio Digenti (20, Grasshopper)
Nicolas Weber (20, Servette)

Last time these two teams met at West Ham's Stadium, Switzerland won 2-0.

Here is England's team:
Bowditch,Ben - Tottenham Hotspur FC Burch,Robert - Tottenham Hotspur FC
Carruthers,Chris - Northampton Town FC
Chopra,Michael - Newcastle United FC
Cooke,Stephen - Aston Villa FC
Davies,Andrew - Middlesbrough FC
Fox,David - Manchester United FC
Howard,Brian - Southampton FC
Leacock,Dean - Fulham FC
Lonergan,Andrew - Blackpool FC
Mooniaruck,Kalam - Manchester United FC
Morgan,Lionel - Wimbledon FC
Offiong,Richard - Newcastle United FC O'Hanlon,Sean - Everton FC
Welsh,John - Liverpool FC

One interesting note, Andrew Davies had been courted to play for the Welsh National Team, but instead decided upon England.

RobtheAggie

20 Mar 2003, 06:42 AM

Here is the game report:

U-20: Tie with England

The U-20 Swiss team played, wednesday in Sion, against England (1-1). Stefan Blunschi (Baden) scored the equilizer in the 78th minute off a header. The English took the advatage by Cole (25th).

Switzerland-Endland 1:1 (0:1)

Goals: 25. Cole 0:1, 78. Blunschi 1:1.

Switzerland: Benaglio; Wagner, Miéville, Von Bergen (53. C. Baumann), R. Hodel; P. Degen (65. Blunschi), Montandon, Kulaksizoglu, Favre; M. Bühler (75. Jasari); Weber (46. Digenti).