1. Who is your best player?
ORIGINAL ANSWER: Bayer Leverkusen winger Tranquillo Barnetta – after years of Alex Frei taking this mantle, Barnetta – nominated for ‘Best Young Player’ at the 2006 FIFA World Cup is definately our top talent.
NEW ANSWER: Undoubtedly, goalkeeper Diego Benaglio was our best player at the World cup, keeping up the defensive tone set at the last World Cup – probably his best preformance was his cleansheet against Spain in the opening round. Benaglio would later be voted, by many editors as goalkeeper of the group stage.
2. What do you think of your coach?
ORIGINAL ANSWER:Ottmar Hitzfeld is one of the greatest managers in the history of football, he is the only manager to win the UEFA Champions League with two different clubs (Bayern Munich and Dortmund). In my opinion, he stands only second to Lippi as the most decorated of all 32-team national coaches heading into South Africa this summer.
NEW ANSWER: My opinion stays the same. It was a shame that his first foray into the World Cup had to end in group-stage elimination – but he did mastermind the victory against eventual winners Spain.
3. What do you think of the Switzerland World Cup 2010 kits?
ORIGINAL ANSWER:Love it. The introduction of the Swiss flag onto the kit is a great addition. It is definately a huge step up from the V-neck design from the UEFA Euro 2008.
NEW ANSWER: Just wished I could have seen more of the kit – we played two out of our three games in the away strip.
4. What is Switzerland’s biggest strength?
ORIGINAL ANSWER: Midfield. Our midfield boasts a lot of players that can both attack and defend. We are blessed with Barnetta on the wings (the Swiss equivalent to Messi, Ronaldo, Ribéry and Robben). We have a number of players that can also hold up the ball, so possesion will be a key part of our game.
NEW ANSWER: Defence came to be our greatest asset. With a world-class goalkeeper, and a great backfour, we were able to extend our clean-sheet run of 2006 to set a new defensive record as most consecutive minutes without letting in a single goal.
5. …and biggest weakness?
ORIGINAL ANSWER: Defence. We can be too attack minded, and when we let in goals, we LET IN goals. Though we do have Wolfsburg’s Diego Benaglio, what good is a goalkeeper if defenders lose the ball too easily? Also we lack depth. Should a key member of the squad be injured or suspended, we lack adequate replacements, and often struggle.
NEW ANSWER: Attack. We only managed to score a single goal – the match winner against Spain – and that was set up by our midfield, and scored by a midfielder. our attackers lacked good touches – and we were punished by it, being eliminated in the group stage.
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