In the football talk show Heimspiel bei der Nati, blue Sport expert Marcel Reif praises Swiss national team coach Murat Yakin for his courageous decisions.
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- "I like the way they are coached," says blue Sport expert Marcel Reif, praising Swiss national team coach Murat Yakin. "He did everything right."
- Before the tournament, there was a lot of discussion about who should score the goals for Switzerland. Yakin has managed to turn the shortage into diversity.
- Reif is also convinced that Yakin has learned his lessons from the 6-1 defeat against Portugal at the World Cup. Because: "Yakin is not stupid."
Marcel Reif believes Switzerland can do anything, in both directions. The Nati can defend well, but also play the game themselves when the opportunity arises. "I like the way they are coached," says Reif. Switzerland is not a football country that can simply do its own thing. Switzerland have to look at how their opponents play. That is what Yakin did. "There is no better argument for a coach than when you get results." If Switzerland had lost games, everyone would have known what Yakin had done wrong.
The fact that there has been no background noise so far is also pleasing. "There are no double eagles flying, there's no other stuff around it. They're playing football, they're playing it seriously, they're playing it well, it's very attractive, they're not walling themselves off from anything, I really liked that," enthused Reif.
The reserves are playing along
The substitutes haven't been complaining so far either, at least you wouldn't have noticed. "Success always helps with the substitutes. It's relatively simple," says blue Sport editor-in-chief Andreas Böni. But if they lose 3-0 to Italy, then of course the roles of Shaqiri and Okafor will be discussed again.
In the games so far, Yakin has caused one or two surprises with his starting line-ups. "Yakin has done everything right," says Reif. Before the European Championship, there was still discussion about who should score the goals. "He has turned the shortage into diversity." In other words, different players can play a decisive role. "Suddenly, what was previously seen as a dramatic deficit has become a luxury."
The fact that Silvan Widmer is suspended for the round of 16 against Italy brings back bad memories. At the World Cup in Qatar, Switzerland lost 6-1 to Portugal in the round of 16 in Widmer's absence. Reif is convinced that the national team coach has learned his lessons from this. "Yakin is not stupid" and "we all learn more from mistakes than from successes. You celebrate successes and you have to make sure you don't get a hangover." Yakin will certainly not play without a defender against Italy, jokes Reif.
