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The press conferences after Spain’s 1-0 victory over Switzerland were also held virtually, via zoom. Vladimir Petkovic explained in detail his philosophy of wanting to play. And that you simply accept certain risks. “Because of the way we play, you have to wait for something to happen. We will try to play the game in Germany as well, ”said the national team coach, alluding to Switzerland’s unfortunate goal, especially goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
This, the rival that chased the last visitors in Spain 3-0, 4-0, 7-0, 5-0 and 4-0 outside the stadiums, was simply too difficult. “There is an enormous amount of talent, yes, world class. “We already knew when the draw was made, but we couldn’t say at the time: you have to expect a loss or two against such opponents. Still, we had three or four chances to score. Including a hundred, even a thousand percent. “We saw them too, but the other two, three? Well, for Petkovic, Shaqiri was one of those who failed to tie because of Remo Freuler’s lack of over Sergio Busquets.” This one The duel was clean, “Petkovic said. Television images show the opposite.” And the opponent was still afraid of not winning in the 94th minute, they just tried to hold the ball. That’s a compliment to my team. “
“Do your best to stay in Division A!”
Whatever is. He found his team’s play generally positive. “Not only were we able to keep up, we were also better at times.” But as with scoring chances: where Petkovic got these best phases is his secret. Nor was there at half time, which was clearly the weakest of the Spanish. Petkovic continues: “The important thing for me is performance and style of play. There we took a step forward. Just not dotted. Something was missing. We have to improve that. “Already against Germany.” This is a prestigious game! We want to show that it was no coincidence that we had more chances to score when we scored 1-1 in the first match. ” What exactly do you expect in terms of points, Petkovic did not say. But for the first time he spoke clearly about the situation of the group: Switzerland is last in the group with only one point, and it is about keeping the class. Petkovic: “In November we have to do everything we can to stay in Division A.” In any case, he did not contradict the claim that his team was in a crisis of results.
League of Nations. It doesn’t matter if you play against Germany and Spain or against Austria and the Czech Republic, one or the other can oppose. At the moment, with almost no spectators allowed, this may be true from an economic point of view. But that could be fundamentally different again at the next event. But above all: the affiliation to the division is decisive for the allocation of the drums for the EM classification draw. Just because we were in Pot 1, we ended up in this doable group, which then allowed us to qualify for the EM, which was postponed until 2021.
