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G6 Team Profile: SWITZERLAND

Swiss National Team
The Swiss went through qualifying playing solid, but unexciting football with a solid, but unexciting team. They finally seemed to wake up in their much-publicized play-off win over Turkey, however. If they can maintain that fire then they just might play the role of dark horse.

The leader of the team is veteran midfielder and team captain Johann Vogel (AC Milan). Alexander Frei (Stade Rennais), will look to provide the Swiss with offensive punch.

Other key members of the squad include midfielder Raphael Wicky (Hamburger SV), striker Daniel Gygax (Lille), goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbuhler (Basel), attacking midfielder Ricardo Cabanas (Köln) and Ludovic Magnin (VfB Stuttgart), a defender who specializes in set pieces.

Switzerland is producing a good crop of young players, some of whom were part of the Swiss team that won the 2002 U-17 European Championship. Among these is central defender Phillippe Senderos (Arsenal). Just 21 years old, he is already establishing himself as one of the top young talents in the English Premier League.

The Swiss made it to the second round in 1994 but didn’t qualify for the following two World Cups. At this summer’s tournament France will probably win Group G but the Swiss could have a chance to advance if they can get past South Korea and avoid an upset by Togo.

Posted by SoccerAdmin on June 7, 2006 01:07 PM

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Haha. I woke up down today. You've chereed me up!

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