Sunday, February 3, 2008

25 Things about England vs Switzerland Friendly 2008

If you want to get the online live score and updates of England vs Switzerland friendly match then visit the following links:

England vs Switzerland: Live Score and Live Updates

http://techblogbiz.blogspot.com/2008/02/england-vs-switzerland-live-score-and.html

England and Switzerland are going to face each other in a seemingly insignificant match at the Wembley stadium. However, the reality is that the match is very important for both teams. Even fans are also excited with the match. England failed to qualify for the EURO 2008 competition being defeated to Croatia in the last qualifying match of EURO 2008. That defeat made the whole England shell-shocked as after many year England failed to get into the continental tournament of Europe. So, they need to regain their status as one of the football powers in the world and this friendly match is the stepping stone of that.

Switzerland, in contrast, does not have anything to regain in the match. Rather, they will try to increase their confident by winning the match ahead of the EURO 2008 competition. Switzerland is not considered as one of the football power house in world football. The Switzerland must try their best to come up with a satisfactory result at the Wembley stadium.

Fans are eagerly waiting to see the match. All the tickets have been sold out already. So, if you have not managed your ticket, then no chance is left for you to get into the stadium to experience the match. Anyway, you can watch the match on your television or you can get the online live score of the score and text commentary of the match.

I have given 25 things about this match that you may find useful for you. The 25 things are given below:

  1. England vs Switzerland match will be held on 6 February 2008, Wednesday
  2. The match will be held at the Wembley Stadium which is one of the largest stadiums in the world in terms of seating capacity.
  3. This is the second largest stadium in Europe with 90,000 of seating capacity.
  4. England vs Switzerland friendly match will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Five Live. The highlights of the match will be aired on Sky Sports on the same day.
  5. This is going to be the first match of Fabio Capello in charge of England national team.
  6. For England, it will be first international match since their heart-breaking defeat to Croatia in the last match of qualifying round of EURO 2008, which ended their hopes to play in the continental tournament.
  7. David Beckham has been ruled out of England squad with what his hope to win 100th cap for England has been delayed.
  8. Capello pointed out lack of match fitness as the reason behind Beckham’s omission.
  9. John Terry has been ruled of the squad as he is yet to recover from his foot injury.
  10. Wigan Athletic striker Emile Heskey will not be able to play the match as he has picked up an injury during Wigan’s last night match. He was in the 30-men squad of England.
  11. Fabio Capello has been widely criticized for not including West Ham United goal keeper Robert Green and former captain David Beckham.
  12. Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor is the only member of England’s revised 23-men squad, who has not played any match for England.
  13. Two Swedish players of the squad are also playing in English premier league: Philippe Senderos playing for Arsenal and Gelson Fernandes playing for Manchester City
  14. England vs Switzerland match will be telecast live on Fox Soccer Channel for the football fans of USA. The match will be bought on live for the fans of Canada Fox Sports World.
  15. Among the 23 members of Switzerland squad, only five are now playing in Switzerland clubs. All the others are playing abroad, meaning Switzerland has enough strength to throw hard challenge for England.
  16. In the England 23-men squad for the friendly match against Switzerland, four Aston Villa players have been included.
  17. Steven Gerrard is expected to captain England in the match as regular captain John Terry has not been picked up in the squad due to his injury.
  18. Capello has said that he would give the leadership to several players in order to find out the best person to lead England when competitive matches will begin later this year.
  19. Switzerland includes three goal keepers, seven defenders, ten midfielder and three strikers in the 23-men squad.
  20. England has featured three goal keepers, eight defenders, eight midfielders and four strikers in the trimmed-down squad for the friendly match against Switzerland.
  21. Switzerland coach Jakob Kuhn has been in charge of national team since 2001. So, he is much more experienced than his England counterpart Fabio Capello.
  22. However, in overall managerial career, Capello has much more success than Jakob Kuhn. Capello was in charge of AC Milan twice, Real Madrid twice, Roma and Juventus in his illustrious coaching career.
  23. Interestingly, both Capello and Kuhn played international match for their countries.
  24. Switzerland is the co-host of EURO 2008. So, this will try to win the match in order to lift their confidence level up ahead of the tournament.
  25. You can find out some links of websites from where you can get the live streaming of the match here.

England vs Switzerland is more than a friendly match to both sides. They will take on each other with a view to winning the match. A victory at the Wembley stadium would boost up their confidence ahead of their future schedule. So, the match is significant for England and Switzerland even though it is a friendly match.

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