A very funny and original book has just come out in Switzerland called “Football – Switzerland 1:1″. Essentially, it’s a picture book featuring shots from Euro 2008 with some very interesting graphic comparisons.
The authors are Nino Haslach and Alain Picard and the book is available here together with a preview of some of the hilarious [...]

When Lazio fans found out that Lichtsteiner was going to play for their team, they expected him to be a back-up for young prodigy De Silvestri: the 1.8 Million Euro Transfer fee was seen as evidence that the Swiss player wasn’t worth too much, together with the general prejudice in Italy that Swiss players are [...]

In a humorous (and rather unnecessary) interview Mourinho has criticised fellow coaches Ranieri (Juventus) and Berretta (Lecce).
Nothing extraordinary considering the well-known big mouth of José! What is actually hilarious is that he called Berretta, Barnetta!
“Barnetta (sic) spoke to me at the stadium and didn’t say anything. I may have an irritating face, but not [...]

It might appear irrelevant to speak about Beach Soccer in a football blog but it is quite impressive that Swiss beach soccer players, like Swiss beach volley up until two years ago, are potentially among the best in Europe!
Following the impressive 2005 win, Switzerland ended 2nd overall at the 2008 Euro Beach Soccer Cup [...]

Swiss International Johan Djourou has extended his contract with Arsenal although the length of it is unknown.
Djourou joined Arsenal in 2003 and has played 53 times for the London side (plus an extra 13 when he was loaned to Birmingham in 2007).
Wenger seems to have confidence in the young Swiss defender following the departure of [...]

Just thought I’d place an index with links to the most interesting pages.
Player Profiles
Keepers
1 Diego Benaglio
18 Pascal Zuberbühler
21 Eldin Jakupovic
Defenders
2 Johan Djourou
3 Ludovic Magnin
4 Philippe Senderos
5 Stephan Lichtsteiner
13 Stéphane Grichting
17 Christoph Spycher
20 Patrick Müller
23 Philipp Degen
Midfielders
6 Benjamin Huggel
7 Ricardo Cabanas
8 Gökhan Inler
10 Hakan Yakin
14 Daniel Gygax
15 Gelson Fernandes
16 Tranquillo Barnetta
19 Valon Behrami
22 Johan Vonlanthen
Forwards
9 [...]

Lyrics:
German
Trittst im Morgenrot daher,
Seh’ ich dich im Strahlenmeer,
Dich, du Hocherhabener, Herrlicher!
Wenn der Alpenfirn sich rötet,
Betet, freie Schweizer, betet!
Eure fromme Seele ahnt
Gott im hehren Vaterland,
Gott, den Herrn, im hehren Vaterland.
French:
Sur nos monts, quand le soleil
Annonce un brillant réveil,
Et prédit d’un plus beau jour le retour,
Les beautés de la patrie
Parlent à l’âme attendrie;
Au ciel montent plus joyeux
Les [...]