We are finally starting! The kick-off for Euro 2020 will be on Friday. Yes, that’s still the name of the game despite a one-year delay. National team captain Granit Xhaka has long since done what he has been doing before major tournaments since the U17 World Cup in 2009. He delivered verbally. “I’ll pack until the final!”
For him and the other U17 world champions of 2009, Haris Seferovic and Ricardo Rodriguez, it is the fourth finals among the big ones. They have ended three times so far in the round of 16. At the 2014 World Cup against Argentina, at the 2016 European Championship against Poland and at the 2018 World Cup against Sweden.
It’s time to beat the curse of the round of 16 and to deliver in a knockout game.
The omens that it could work are almost never. Especially since you are even third in the group (!) With a high probability of reaching the round of 16. The group? Makeable. Wales? You have to beat. Italy? Surprise possible. Turkey? Get the necessary number of points. And then be mentally ready for the round of 16.
Most talented national team of all time?
For many, we have had the most talented national team of all time for years. Meanwhile, the generation around Xherdan Shaqiri (it’s even the fifth tournament for him!) And Xhaka are almost 30 and at the top of their game of football.
Experience paired with a lot of talent and a lot of self-confidence also means high expectations. We want to see you cheer! After the last group game. After the round of 16. Preferably after the quarter-finals too. For that you need goals, goals, goals. Beautiful ones, like Shaq’s side puller against Poland in 2016. Unforgettable ones, like Kubi’s first European Championship goal in 1996 for Switzerland against England. Legendary, like Vonlanthen’s 2004 goal against France. He was 18 at the time and is still the youngest goalscorer in European Championship history. Do it best like our three-time European goalscorer Hakan Yakin. As much as possible.
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We have to fly the furthest of all teams in the first round of the first continental European Championship. Twice across Europe: Baku – Rome. Rome – Baku. Maybe we are suddenly flying the highest. Why not?
The European champions Greece and Denmark started the tournament in 2004 and 1992 as much more blatant outsiders.
Published: June 8th, 2021, 26 minutes ago
Last updated: June 8, 2021, 22 minutes ago