Till Abolo was sent off in the 53rd minute, Togo competed well versus South Korea. They had even scored one courtesy Mohammed Kader in the first half. It looked like Togo might sneak a famous victory. Then, there was the red card. Moments later, South Korea equalled via Chun-Soo Lee. From there, South Korea dominated. Togo looked tired and slow in the second half regardless of the 10 men factor. The South Koreans weren’t impressive in the match though. There were many shots way off target and the team could very well struggle against Switzerland.
Switzerland vs France 0-0
The goal jinx for France continues. They had several chances but failed to score. Even Switzerland had chances and they could have easily won with a little luck. For France, the big question is - are they missing Cisse? I failed to understand why Giully should not be in the French squad having seen him closely over the last two years. France shouldn’t have problems qualifying for round 2 but you never know!
For part 18 of the series, I caught up with Roger Gamper from Switzerland. Roger, 32, loves sports in general but his favourite is, of course, football. Unfortunately, his favourite team in the Swiss national league, Servette Geneva, went bankrupt one year ago and they now have a long way back to the top. Roger keeps following football though like trillions of others in the world do.
I thank Roger for agreeing to the interview.
Tell us a bit about the Swiss football history and the football culture which exists.
In 1879 the first Swiss football club was founded, FC St.Gallen. So, Switzerland was one of the first countries having football clubs. The Swiss football association was founded in 1895 and Grasshoppers became the first official national champions in 1898. In the World Cup, Switzerland has reached the quarter finals 3 times. The last time was in 1954 when Switzerland lost 5-7 to Austria in the quarter final with the Swiss keeper suffering from a sunstroke. Football surely is the preffered sports of the Swiss, however it isn’t as important in our country as elsewhere. First of all, Switzerland is a very polysportive country and football has a lot of concurrence. Then, it is considered much more important to focus on a good school education as the job market is quite good in the country and a lot of young players give up football to continue the studies.
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