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.
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).