A logical reward for this Monegasque!
Murat Yakin has unveiled his list of players called up to play the 2022 World Cup with the Nati. A list where an AS Monaco player seems to be a permanent fixture in the standard team and will travel to Qatar accompanied by another Ligue 1 player. Details.
The new coach will participate in his first major competition with the Swiss selection. He who arrived after the departure of Vladimir Petkovic in favor of the Girondins de Bordeaux will discover the international scene in Qatar. Placed in group G, Switzerland will have a lot to do in a particularly tough pool where Brazil will act as favorites and Serbia and Cameroon will be serious contenders for second place. The Swiss coach was not surprised by announcing his 26 players, except for the absence of Kévin Mbabu and Steven Zuber who had played against France at Euro 2020 but in difficulty in their clubs. respective. It is with implacable logic that the former player with 49 caps with the Nati selected Breel Embolo who is in excellent form, still a scorer against Toulouse last weekend bringing his total goals to 7 in 14 days. . He will be the cornerstone of the Swiss attack alongside a Noah Okafor who shone in the Champions League with Red Bull Salzburg and will be served by Xherdan Shaqiri, the former Lyonnais, who at 31 could play his last Cup of the world. Finally, the main concern lay in the presence of Yann Sommer and Jonas Omlin following the absence of Yann Mvogo forfeited after his injury against PSG. The two goalkeepers will be present and if the MHSC goalkeeper will be there, not sure if he will get playing time where Gregor Kobel could steal minutes from the Mönchengladbach goalkeeper, while he recovers from his ankle injury.
A logical list but composed of convalescents
This Wednesday, November 9, the Swiss coach unveiled his list for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the first match of which will be on November 24 against Cameroon:
Keepers of corn: Gregor Kobel (Dortmund), Philipp Köhn (Salzburg), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier), Yann Sommer (Mönchenglabach)
Defenders: Manuel Akanki (Manchester City), Eray Cömert (Valencia CF), Nico Elvedi (Mönchenglabach), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schär (Newcastle), Silvan Widmer (Mainz)
Midfielders: Michel Aebischer (Bologna), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Fabian Frei (FC Basel), Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest), Ardon Jashari (Lucerne), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Djibril Sow (Frankfurt), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal ), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea)
Forwards: Breel’s embolism (Monaco), Noah Okafor (Salzburg), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg)
Switzerland will have to do as well as at the 2018 World Cup in Russia where they managed to extricate themselves from an almost similar group, since Brazil and Serbia were already there, but frustration had taken over following an elimination in round of 16 against Swedish prenables. The Swiss selection will be able to rely on players now accustomed to international games and strong from a quarter-final at Euro 2020 where they eliminated the reigning world champions.