Articles tagged with "switzerland"
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 20th, 2009
So after finishing second behind Switzerland in Group 2 of UEFA's qualifying for South Africa 2010, all that stands in Greece's way now is Ukraine. ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Chris Paraskevas | Sep 12th, 2009
It is, on paper at least, the easiest World Cup Qualifying Group in Europe and perhaps world football, not counting the rather farcical system New ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Sep 8th, 2009
I am deeply saddened to return to the Greece Blog on the heels of a bitter (to say the least) 2-0 loss to Switzerland on ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Nov 12th, 2008
FIFA released its annual FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings on Wednesday, and to no surprise the Greek National Team slipped one spot to fall to eighteenth place ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 12th, 2008
Not everybody agrees with the FIFA World Rankings. According to our poll, 64% of World Cup Blog readers prefer the World Football Elo Ratings System. ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 16th, 2008
Greece’s perfect opening to the World Cup Qualifiers came to an end on Wednesday, as Greece fell 2-1 to Switzerland at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 15th, 2008
Oldies: Chapuisat vs Zagorakis
Less than 1 hour away from the Group 2 main fixture Greece-Switzerland there are several concerns surrounding the Swiss national team.
Like ...
Posted on: Greece World Cup Blog by Peter Katsiris | Oct 14th, 2008
Greece was victorious on Saturday to continue its perfect start to World Cup Qualification, but the undefeated Greeks will look to extend that feat even ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 12th, 2008
An extraordinary result that in many ways compensates for the disappointments Swiss football has had to experience these past two months: in the first leg ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 11th, 2008
FULL TIME SCORE 1-0 FREI 63rd 1-1 IVANOVS 71st (LATVIA WITH ONE MAN SENT OFF) 73rd 2-1 N'KUFO.
Having lost 2 positions in the FIFA Ranking ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 10th, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 8th, 2008
Dogs in Paraguay, cows in Switzerland..is this the latest in spy tactics?
If that were, say, Bolton, there would be a full-on investigation as to Arsene's ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 3rd, 2008
2008 will not be remembered as a memorable year in Swiss football history, no doubts about that.
Swiss clubs have only totaled 2,700 points in ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2008
The title of my post isn't much of an optimistic one and for good reasons too!
Following the one draw and two defeats (with two ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 1st, 2008
Below you'll find the results of the 10th Matchday of the Swiss Season: Aarau grabs another impressive draw at Sion, leaders and holders Basel lose ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 1st, 2008
Aalborg, Cluj, BATE and Anorthosis have all gathered at least one point. Together with FC Basel this quintet is pictured as being the true "underdogs" ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 28th, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 22nd, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 22nd, 2008
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 ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2008
Due to technical issues. The entire post has been deleted, I don't know why this happened and I regret it.
I'll resume the commentary from ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2008
In Zurich's greatest game since the 1974 semifinal against Liverpool, Challandes' men will defy AC Milan for a spot in the UEFA CUP group stage. ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2008
Chances are that it won't be the same glorious campaign as 6 years ago for FC Basel - an early home defeat to Shakthar appears ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 15th, 2008
As the title states, this is the 200th post for the Switzerland blog. Thanks to those who wrote before me and those who regularly read ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
I won't have the time to post deep analysis of every weekend's game so I will just publish the results and a small commentary.
9th ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
On Tuesday the u-21 selection surprisingly kicked out the holders of the European competition, the Netherlands, in a game that was an in or out ...
Posted on: Switzerland World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2008
Video with Luxembourg Goals
It took me some time to finally settle in front of the screen and painstakingly type the words that come to my ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Peter Katsiris | Sep 11th, 2008
Greece continued its perfect start to their World Cup Qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over group two rivals Latvia in Riga. The Greeks, who ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 11th, 2008
Lively round of games in the European section of World Cup qualifying yesterday. England's away win over Croatia will grab the headlines, but there were ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 10th, 2008
At 20:30 (European Time) tonight Switzerland will have to break down Luxemburg's defence in order to gain the first three points of the qualifying campaign ...
