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The wind has shifted in the press: after the euphoria about the round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the national team was criticized a few days later.
A look at the press on the day after the abrupt end of the tournament for the Swiss national team with an undisputed 1: 6 against Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 reveals the following: No sympathy instead lots of blame…
- for the poor performance
- the shockingly dull performance in Lusail
- and the self-image of the national team, which differs greatly from the last impression of the finals in Qatar.
The headline reads accordingly mercilessly Tages-Anzeiger:
They wanted to conquer the world and experience a debacle
On the front page, the newspaper even hints at some malice: “The Swiss national team had made historic plans for the round of 16. (…) The evening was also memorable – but not in the way coach Murat Yakin, his players and the Swiss fans had imagined. Because Switzerland retires with a crash of 1:6.»
The coach against the wind
Of the View reassured in his comment: «The defeat is no shame. Portugal went to Qatar to become world champions. Nevertheless, the manner of elimination and the level of defeat are a huge disappointment.”
The tabloid also thinks it knows the reason for the collective failure:
Coach Murat Yakin has gambled. The attempt with the triple chain went completely wrong.
With this realization he gets View support from Tages-Anzeiger. The Tamedia products state that the debacle begins with the trainer’s line-up. “Yakin is manning his staff in a different way for this match, forced and unforced. (…) In the first three World Cup games, Yakin also idiosyncratically coached. (…) But in the round of 16 he does almost everything wrongthat’s obvious after just a few minutes.»
The question of why
the NZZ on the other hand, the team also takes responsibility. Accordingly, she describes the failed Tuesday evening in the desert as follows:
“The story is about a team that exhausted, sapless and powerless yields to the opponent, above all Captain Granit Xhaka. She tells of the Swiss who lack everything it takes to even out a World Cup round of 16. It’s about one Humiliation instead of a beautiful storywhich one remembers with pleasure.»
The total failure was also irritating because it forms a glaring break.
The medium illustrates his sense of a turning point by recalling the performances that the Swiss have shown so far in this tournament, but also in the World Cup qualifiers and in one or the other game of the Nations League. These would not have hinted at such a disappointment. Because: “There they gave the impression that they can actually do what they always talked about: Stand up to the big, resist the strong.»
The frustration of the fans
the Aargau newspaper summarizes: «The result is exactly what the Swiss deserve. Although there could have been a seventh or eighth goal. It is bad enough to lose a World Cup round of 16 for the third time in a row. But this way? Without any hint of drama. Without any emotions. It’s pretty hard to take for all those who gave their hearts to the national team.”