The U19s did destroy Andorra 6-0. As expected a win against Germany is needed to qualify. The Germans win the group with a draw, while the Swiss need to win. Waldseestadion, Forst: 300 spectators. Goals: 1re owngoal 1-0. 16e Benito 2-0. 29e Seferovic 3-0. 42e Mijatovic 4-0. 70e Seferovic 5-0. 71e Freuler 6-0. Suisse: Spiegel (Grasshopper); Decarli (Locarno)/60e Buff (Zurich), Chappuis (Grasshopper), Lacroix (Sion), Benito (Aarau)/60e Kamber (Bâle); Grether (Bâle), Nimeley (Bâle), Rodriguez (Zurich); Freuler (Grasshopper); Seferovic (Fiorentina), Mijatovic (Bellinzone)/60. Granit Xhaka (Bâle).
The two top teams qualify, so Germany is already qualified. A draw will do for us to get the 2nd place, even a loss can get us through if we have better goal difference than Northern Ireland.
the expected starting line-up for the U-21 match in Sweden: 4-1-4-1 Sommer; Koch, Rossini, Klose, Pavlovic (Berardi); Kasami (Abrashi); Frank Feltscher, Fabian Frei, Hochstrasser, Zuber; Ben Khalifa (Mehmedi)
1-1 FT, Ben Khalifa the man of the match Switzerland Sommer; Berardi, Rossini, Klose, Daprelà; Abrashi; Frank Feltscher, Hochstrasser (69. Kasami), Fabian Frei, Zuber (89. Schürpf); Ben Khalifa (84. Gavranovic). now, with a good result at the Euro, the team is also qualified for the London olympics. That will be not only a great them at the Euro, but also at the Olympics
with this team, we have very good chances at the Euro. How could the roster look like?: GK (3): Sommer, Fickentscher, Klaus (?) DEF (8 out of 9): Daprela, Rossini, Affolter, Berardi, Rodriguez, Pavlovic, Koch, Klose, R.Feltscher - I picked 3 left defenders with Rodriguez MF (8 out of 10): Hochstrasser, Kasami, Stocker, F.Feltscher, Abrashi, Zuber, F.Frei, Shaqiri, Costanzo, Wüthrich, Schürpf - guess Schürpf and Wüthrich have to cease their places as Stocker, Shaqiri and Costanzo will join ST (4 out of 5): Derdyiok, Ben Khalifa, Mehmedi, Gavranovic, Seferovic there are other players like Nikci or some U-19 players who could fit in very well as well. in a 4-1-4-1 Derdyiok (Ben Khalifa/Gavranovic/Mehmedi/Seferovic) Stocker (Zuber, Schürpf)-Costanzo (F.Frei)-Hochstrasser (Kasami)-Shaqiri (F.Feltscher/Wüthrich) Abrashi (Hochstrasser/Kasami) Daprela (Rodriguez/Pavlovic)-Rossini (Koch)-Affolter (Klose)-Berardi (R.Feltscher/Koch) Sommer (Fickentscher) or else the team also plays a 4-4-2 from time to time
That would be a strong team. I would like the chances, especially if they all were able to play a series of matches together. If I were the Swiss Federation, I would schedule about 4 or 5 matches against the strongest teams that did not qualify.
Correct as usual. The last match still should be an interesting one. I would love to see the Swiss win the group.
The U21 Euros have the following teams: England Sweden Switzerland Belarus Denmark Spain Ukraine Iceland
M20s continue their four team tournament with a loss to Italy. They lost twice to Germany and not Italy: Germano Todoli, Cervia. 1200 spectators. Buts: 4e 1- 0. 10e 2-0. 50e 3-0. Suisse: Bürki (Young Boys)/46e Mitrovic (Locarno); Sauthier (Sion), Lang (St- Gall), Wiss (Lucerne)/10e De Pierro (Young Boys), Facchinetti (Neuchâtel Xamax)/ 63e Manière (Yverdon); Taulant Xhaka (Bâle); Pasche (Lausanne-Sport), Ukoh (Lugano)/58e Marchesano (Locarno), Unal (Bâle), Iapichino (Lugano)/46e Mihajlovic (Bellinzone); Pacar (Lucerne)/74e Chatton (Bienne).
they're in between the U-21 and the U-19 who play Euro qualifiers, so must be a bit frustrating for them not playing either U-21 or U-19
the draw is on November 9. Ukraine, Belarus and Iceland surprising. The final tournament will take place from 11-25 June 2011 in Denmark. The A-team is playing in England on June 4. Guess the Superleague will be finished by the end of May. The Cupfinal is on May 29
M-19s Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim. Buts: 15e Xhaka 1-0. 20e Kachunga 1-1. 36e Rodriguez (penalty) 2-1. 70e Kachunga 2-2. Suisse: Siegrist (Aston Villa); Gonçalves (Aarau), Lacroix (Sion), Veseli (Manchester City), Rodriguez (Zurich); Facchinetti (Bellinzone), Granit Xhaka (Bâle); Kamber (Bâle)/73e Grether (Bâle), Buff (Zurich)/81e Freuler (Grasshoppers), Benito (Aarau); Seferovic (Fiorentina). With the draw the Swiss qualify in second place. Northern Ireland won, but only 2-1. If the Swiss lost, they still would have qualified due to better goal differential.
a very good draw in Germany against a team which caused difficulties to our U-17 on the way to the World Championship
I know they can, but will the Swiss use both Kasami and Ben Khalifa for both U-19 and U21 Euro championships?
I don't know the dates, but last year the elite round was in April and May the U-21 Euro Championships are in June and the U-19 finals were played in July last year So, yes theoretically it can work out, but if Kasami or Ben Khalifa will play regularly at their respective clubs what we hope, then it can become lots of matches for them. Otherwise, if they won't become regulars at their clubs this will give them a lot of match practise
here it is Elite round matches must in principle be played by the end of May 2011 The final round will take place between 20 July and 1 August 2011 taking in account my previous post about the U-21, we have the following ****** U-21 draw: November 9 U-19 draw: November ??? U-19 elite round: beginning of April till end of May Superleague and Swiss Cup: finished by the end of May June 4: England-Switzerland A-team June 11 to 25: U-21 European Championship July 20 till August 1: U-19 final round
U-19 draw: November 30 per UEFA.com Teams already in; Estonia Norway Ukraine Russia Belarus FYR Macedonia Italy Croatia Belgium England Netherlands Slovakia Serbia Republic of Ireland France Montenegro Germany Switzerland
Denmark, the Czech Republic, Spain and Iceland will be seeded. England, Switzerland, Belarus and Ukraine will be the unseeded teams. Whichever groups gets the Swiss will be in for a rude awakening. Iceland, Czech, Switzerland and Belarus.
all the teams have quite a good level, but I'd be happy if we don't get Spain and England at the same time actually, just would like to avoid Spain, because they will be the team to beat with players as David de Gea Roberto Canella Álvaro Domínguez César Azpilicueta Mikel San José Daniel Parejo Bojan Krkić Sergio Canales Juan Manuel Mata Sergio Busquets they played against Croatia with David de Gea César Azpilicueta/José Angel , Álvaro Domínguez , Víctor Ruiz , Mikel San José Thiago Alcántara , Daniel Parejo , Rubén Pérez Bojan Krkić , Adrián , Juan Manuel Mata guess Busquests can join them from the A-team Canales is Parejo's backup and Canella is San José's backup
Match international M18: Denemark - Suisse 1-5 (0-1) Buts: 3e Kleiber (Zurich) 0-1. 533 1-1. 56e Geissmann (Aarau) 1-2. 62e Karlen (Sion) 1-3. 85e Widmer (Aarau) 1-4. 86e Frei (Fulham) 1-5. (is/lg)