Switzerland holds the greatest achievement in its history. For a team that has failed every round of 16 in recent years, taking out the reigning world champions after falling 3-1 with a quarter of an hour to go is a monumental achievement.
The Nati will play a quarterfinal of a big competition for the first time since 1954, and it is also the first time that it passes a round with direct elimination since 1938. This gives you the impact of this victory of the l on the other side of the Alps, where we will still be telling this match to our grandchildren in fifty years.
“We are writing a page of history today, every Swiss, no matter where he lives, can be proud,” assures Granit Xhaka. I tell myself that maybe at 3-1 France thought it was over, I’m not talking about arrogance, but I knew that if we scored the 3-2 … After the missed penalty, the goals conceded were a big blow to swallow, but we recovered after the 3-1, we came back. It’s hard to find the words, I can only say thank you to this whole team and be grateful to the coach. “
Vladimir Petkovic, in fact, was almost speechless at the end of this crazy match. The coach shouted too much, for 120 minutes and even a little more, to harangue his players. “The two goals came too quickly after the missed penalty, for normal players, it’s almost impossible to come back, but today we were a great team, appreciates the technician. Each player gave everything, the collective gave everything, and then the faith returned, to equalize and have the strength in this last half hour. “
The dubbing of RodGER
From Yann Sommer, who stopped Mbappé’s last shot on goal, to Seferovic, author of an authoritative double in the middle of the French defense, all are national heroes this Tuesday morning. And it is the most famous of the Swiss, Roger Federer, who has dubbed his footballing friends. “Big thumbs up. Big fight. With heart. And now the quarter-finals, ”RodGER tweeted from Wimbledon.
“It was an incredible evening of football, we showed a big mentality, of heart,” says Sommer. I am incredibly proud of this team. It’s history. “Indeed, and while we’re at it, it may not be over. Spain is now awaiting this selection which is no longer afraid of anything.
“A victory like this takes us forward mentally, and also for our confidence,” said Petkovic. We have reached a new level, now I’m going to require the team to show the same each time. It was said jokingly, but we suspect the original Croatian isn’t really joking that much.