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The Swiss national team is now almost relieved that EM had to be postponed until 2021 due to the crown. Because the year of football 2020 has been forgotten for our selection in terms of results. The 1: 2 in the test against Belgium is already the fourth bust in the sixth appearance. Vladimir Petkovic’s team is still without a win, only in the two draws against Germany (1: 1 and 3: 3) were there points.
Switzerland fell to eleventh place
Even if it was only the Nations League and test matches, the results are not insignificant. Because they all have an impact on the FIFA world rankings and the World Cup qualification.
Qualifying groups for the Qatar 2022 World Cup will be drawn in early December. The top ten European teams are placed in pot 1. Due to recent poor results, Switzerland (16th place in the world rankings) fell to 11th place in Europa and withdrew from well 1.
From now on, very large calibers such as Belgium, France, England, Spain or Italy are threatened in the World Cup qualification. The top 10 of the group will qualify directly for Qatar, the second classified will face a mini-tournament. A total of 13 European teams will be able to participate in the World Cup.
Nati doesn’t have it on her own feet
However, there are still two games left to conclude 2020 “haunted” in a somewhat conciliatory way. Xhaka, Shaqiri & Co. need at least one win against Spain on Tuesday and Ukraine on Tuesday if you want to return to the “Top Ten in Europe” and to Lot 1 for the World Cup qualifiers. However, the Swiss no longer have it in their own hands. Only the Dutch in 10th place are still within reach. They play Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday and Poland on Wednesday.
P.S. The situation is also uncomfortable when it comes to the League of Nations. At the very least, Petkovic’s team needs a draw against Spain and a win against Ukraine. If that doesn’t work, relegation to League B is a given.
It would be the sad end of Nati’s catastrophic 2020 year.
