“Terminus: Vienne”, this was written on the Swiss Team’s Bus, “Destination: Vienna”. It hasn’t been the case, the Swiss players probably watched the final in front of their screens in some remote tropical island or in the comfort of their home.
Switzerland ends this tournament with an official 9th place (making it the best team [...]

Congratulations to Spain! The Spanish team was consistent all throughout the tournament, giving classy performances against Italy, Russia and Germany; a promising team that can aim higher now.
Euro 2008 is over and so are the 21 days of football craziness in Switzerland. It’s been a great success and has definitely encouraged Swiss children to [...]

With tonight’s game Switzerland’s Euro 2008 will draw to a close. The Euro 2008 party will continue in Vienna with the second semifinal game tomorrow and the final on Sunday.
According to today’s estimates there will be around 50,000 German fans and 30,000 Turkish fans (numbers that don’t shock the authorities following the Oranje wave [...]

As many of you know from a previous post of mine the Ref who will be at the final in Vienna on the 29th of June will not be Massimo Busacca, UEFA and the Referee Commission have selected the Italian Referee Rosetti.
Following his disastrous performance in the opening game where he didn’t see a [...]

As some of you know the Portuguese team was located at Neuchatel, Switzerland during the European tournament. The city became so packed with Portuguese fans that, to the eyes of some, it had become a replica of a Portuguese city abroad.
A Lausanne-based agency came up with the brilliant idea of creating an online parody [...]

The Castrol-Performance Index has selected Barnetta as Switzerland’s best player at Euro 2008. Based upon how much the player has given to the team’s performance Barnetta has obtained 2,393 points, followed by Yakin with 557 less and Senderos with 960 points.
Small satisfaction for the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder who was far from being impressive (due [...]

Fine. We didn’t make it to the final. No big deal. Partially because of our own limits, partially because of misfortune and partially because of … Roberto Rosetti.
Do you recall Ujfalusi’s outstretched hand during the Czech Rep – Switzerland game? The entire stadium saw a crystal-clear penalty there, except for Roberto Rosetti.
What followed [...]

An interview with Kuhn, provided by 20min.ch
Kobi Kuhn, it hasn’t been long since you resigned and the criticism are overwhelming you: Hakan Yakin
has complained about the lack of support, Fifa-Boss Sepp Blatter stated in an interview with
“Le Matin” that you should have stopped already back in 2006.
Kuhn: I don’t feel offended. However it is [...]

Massimo Busacca, the Swiss referee born in Bellinzona on the 6th February 1969, might be selected as the referee for the Euro 2008 Final.
He has impressed at Euro 2008 with two solid performances during the Greece – Sweden 0-2 and Netherlands – Romania 2-0 games.
Today the UEFA commitee selects the two remaining referees for [...]

Rakitic better than Suker?
The media are obviously comparing this Croatian team with the epic 1998 team that featured the likes of Suker and Prosinecki who climbed to 3rd place at the French World Cup. However Darijo Srna said: “We are better.”
Console the Austrians!
A German travel agency offers a 10% discount on flights to Austria. [...]