Swiss women start em with a bitter defeat against Norway

Swiss women start em with a bitter defeat against Norway

In the St. Jakob Park in Basel yesterday, the European Football Championship was a guest of women and opened the tournament with an exciting duel between Switzerland and Norway. In bright sunshine, 34,063 spectators followed how the hosts went 1-2 against the Norwegians. Despite the setback, the mood in the stadium was fabulous, which Pia Sundhage, the Swiss trainer, noted. She expressed herself disappointed with the defeat, but at the same time praised the great atmosphere and support of the fans.

The Swiss started the game strongly and were able to take the lead by a goal from Nadine Giant in the 28th minute. But the hope of a successful start was steamed in the second half. Ada Hegerberg took care of the 54th minute before an own goal of Julia Stierli brought the hosts behind in the 58th minute. It was particularly bitter that Norway's Hegerberg missed a penalty in the 70th minute, but the mistakes of the Swiss ultimately led to the goals, as some players acted after the game.

emotional feedback from the players

Géraldine Reuteler and Lia Wälti stated after the game that the team went off the pitch with a raised head. "Do not deserve to be lost as losers," said Reuteler, while Wälti had the feeling that they had "deserved more". The first 45 minutes showed that Switzerland has potential, especially in the first half where they dominated and the Norwegians looked pale, they lacked speed and ideas.

With attention to the next games, the Swiss people now have to reorganize themselves. The next duels are already on Sunday when Switzerland meets Iceland and Norway on Finland. Sundhage and her team have to take this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the opening game and to keep their chance of progressing in the group phase.

The emotional reactions after the game reflect the passion that the team showed. Nadine giant, the goal scorer, described it as an alternating pool of feelings and the strong desire to give something back to the fans. From the first half to the dramatic change, it turns out that the Swiss team has the potential for great. Only hope that the next games will be crowned with more success. Onefootball reports that ... href = "https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/frauen-em/starke-schweizernen-unterliegen-norwegen-norwegen-norwegenem-schweiz-norweg-norweg-norwegen-100.html" Class = "Source_2"> adds that ... and the SFV page contains further information about ...