After 2 friendly matches in March in England (1-2) and against Kosovo (1-1), Murat Yakin is preparing to deliver his 2nd campaign at the head of the Swiss team. Five and a half months from the World Cup in Qatar, the supreme objective, it promises to be as “hellish” as it is exhilarating.
In 11 days, Switzerland will indeed deliver 4 matches against the Czech Republic, on June 2 in Prague, Portugal on June 5 in Lisbon and June 12 in Geneva, and Spain, on June 9 in Geneva, in the framework of the League of Nations. In September, she will travel to Spain on the 24th before concluding this campaign on the 27th in St-Gall against the Czech Republic.
We want to win this Nations League.
Fourteenth in the FIFA rankings, Switzerland will face teams ranked 7th (Spain), 8th (Portugal) and 33rd (Czech Republic). If we rely on the logic of the figures, the only objective of Switzerland will be to maintain in the 1st division. “But we want to win this League of Nationssays Ricardo Rodriguez forcefully. It won’t be easy, that’s true, but I believe we can do it.”
The defender will approach this campaign with a completely free mind. He is coming out of a full season at Torino and, above all, the Zurich player has a good head start on his competitors for the starting place on the left flank of the defense. Along with Yann Sommer, Manuel Akanji, Granit Xhaka, Remo Freuler and Xherdan Shaqiri, he is one of the “untouchables” of the Swiss team.
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