Dear Neighbours, please beat our team 15-0 so we can get rid of coach Hickersberger! I can't stand the idea of him coaching our team at the EC 2008... But somewhat I suspect the result ist arranged like last time (2-1 victory for Austria)...
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria well, the Euro is getting closer, so the matches have become a bit more serious the players who will play against Austria and the US will fight for a place in the squad the U-21 probably will get Gelson and Ziegler, so both of them probably won't be in the Swiss squad unfortunately
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Swiss squad GK: Diego Benaglio (24, Nacional Funchal), Fabio Coltorti (27, Santander), Germano Vailati (27, Sion), Pascal Zuberbühler (36, Xamax). DEFENDERS: Valon Behrami (22, Lazio Rom), Philipp Degen (24, Dortmund), Johan Djourou (20, Birmingham), Mario Eggimann (26, Karlsruhe), Stéphane Grichting (28, Auxerre), Stephan Lichtsteiner (23, Lille), Ludovic Magnin (28, Stuttgart), Philippe Senderos (22, Arsenal), Christoph Spycher (29, Eintracht Frankfurt), Steve Von Bergen (Hertha Berlin). MIDFIELD AND ATTACK: Tranquillo Barnetta (22, Leverkusen), Fabio Celestini (32, Getafe), David Degen (24, Basel), Gelson Fernandes (21, Manchester City), Alex Frei (28, Dortmund), Blaise NKufo (32, Twente Enschede), Daniel Gygax (26, Metz), Benjamin Huggel (30, Basel), Gökhan Inler (23, Udinese), Xavier Margairaz (23, Osasuna), Marco Streller (26, Basel), Johan Vonlanthen (21, Salzburg), Hakan Yakin (30, Young Boys).
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Behrami (injured), D. Degen, Eggimann and Huggel have been withdrawn from the squad. Why the hell did Kuhn withdraw Eggimann who has been terrific in the start his first Bundesliga season?! Grichting is not even starting every game with Auxerre... With Vailati in the squad Kuhn is definitely sending out a strong warning to Benaglio, Coltorti and Zubi. Not sure if the warning will work though...
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Grichting just came back from injury and is in the starting XI for Auxerre since he is back tough, I also would prefer to see Eggimann to Grichting and/or Von Bergen
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Frei and Ph. Degen have also been withdrawn. As it stands we only have 17 field players for the next two games. I for one like to see Abdi called up.
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Well, we can not play worst than last time We are at home so I think we might beat you this time so you will be happy DR.KJGS and me too
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Alain Nef is injured as well, so it looks like no additional right defender is called up
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria Really don't understand what Köbi is doing. I understand why he doesn't call up any U21 players since they got important qualification games (I even think he could've left Gelson to them) but why on earth doesn't he call back Eggimann? OK, we got a lot of centre halfs but Mario has been one of our best players on club level so far this season, I don't think it's right leaving him behind. I wonder if Florian Stahel would've gotten the chance had he not been injured, he's been very good for FCZ this season. Also, speaking about another injured right back, is Sutter's NT decision final?
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria I agree with you, on top of it, a guy like Eggimann is a defender that scores and he is the captain of his team! I also think that it's bs that Gygax didn't get a call back since Frei is injured. Regardless, I still haven't changed my opinion, I strongly believe that Gygax is a player we need.
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria possible line-up: Switzerland: Coltorti; Lichtsteiner, Grichting (Von Bergen), Senderos, Magnin; Gelson, Inler; Vonlanthen, Barnetta; Streller, Nkufo. Austria: Manninger; Garics, Hiden, Prödl, Gercaliu; Aufhauser, Schiemer; Standfest, Ivanschitz, Weissenberger; Kuljic. referee: Hamer (Luxemburg).
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria 3:1 victory, but poor defending very strong Barnetta and Streller showing confidence again Yakin better than Margairaz tonight... for the rest why is Senderos only playing well alongside Müller?
Re: Switzerland vs. Austria actually.. we need ALEXANDER FREI, DANIEL GYGAX, and PATRICK MULLER.. then we will see... I guess offense is ok but our strengh during the World Cup 06 sucks.
I attended this one last night at the new Letzigrund. It's a nice stadium but simply not a football ground and can not be a long-term solution for GC and FCZ. It was good to see us win and get revenge for last year but our defending worried me. I hope we do better in that department on Wednesday (I will also be in Basel) PS: Damn that was cold, have I grown weak in Dubai?