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The 2014 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. [1]
Jun 6, 2014 · Switzerland squad for 2014 World Cup: the 23 chosen by Ottmar Hitzfeld. This is the Switzerland squad for the Fifa 2014 World Cup finals with the official squad numbers. Xherdan Shaqiri:...
May 13, 2014 · Switzerland World Cup Squad: Position: Player: Club: GK: Diego Benaglio: Wolfsburg: GK: Roman Buerki: Grasshopper: GK: Yann Sommer: Basel: DEF: Johan Djourou: Hamburg: DEF: Michael Lang ...
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Star man Xherdan Shaqiri is only 22 but will grace his second World Cupfinals after another season spent in the shadows of Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben et al at Bayern Munich. The forward has excelled when given a chance but Pep Guardiola considers him his "most important bench player", a forward to fling on to stretch the play with his pace and tri...
One of the great managers of the modern era bows out after the finals when the German Ottmar Hitzfeld calls time on a 31-year coaching career garlanded with medals and one slightly tenuous comparison with spaghetti-sharing Disney mongrel Tramp. "I hope we can be a positive surprise and at least get to the round of 16 and take it from there," Hitzfe...
Hitzfeld's glittering career has seen him send out sides in everything from 4-4-2 to 3-5-2, though he has become more cautious with the Swiss and tends to like a numerical advantage in midfield. So expect variations on 4-2-3-1 and all that high-press, energetic stuff. There's muscle in midfield and eager running in the channels but most of the team...
Oh, come on. What about Swiss neutrality? (It would probably have been Turkey – had they qualified). Perhaps, at a push Austria. As hosts in 1954 Switzerland were 3-0 up against Austria but went on to lose 7-5 in 40C heat.
The Swiss have requested high-speed internet and French and German language television channels in their hotel, La Torre in Porto Seguro. Other guests staying at the resort – to include some members of the German delegation, whose team are based 20 minutes' drive away – will be able to mix with the players freely by the pool or on the private beach...
Switzerland's World Cup squad 2014. D.O.B. CLUB WC. 1 GK Diego Benaglio 08 Sep 1983 VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 2006,10. 2 DF Stephan Lichtsteiner 16 Jan 1984 Juventus (ITA) 2010. 3 DF Reto Ziegler 16 Jan 1986 Sassuolo (ITA) 2010.
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Switzerland 2014 FIFA World Cup Squad: Player-by-Player Guide | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is drawing close and the...
Jun 2, 2014 · Switzerland World Cup 2014 squad. Full list of Switzerland's 23-man Fifa World Cup squad as head coach Ottmar Hitzfeld names his players for Brazil 2014. By Telegraph Sport 02 June...
