Regulars and regulars: these are the Swiss in the Champions League

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After a year’s break, YB, a Swiss team, is again represented in the group stage of the Champions League. Unlike our clubs, Swiss players are permanent fixtures in the premier class; this season there are six. Blick introduces them:

The road to the top prize also runs through ManCity this season: for Akanji’s team, only the first title defense in the Champions League since 2018 (Real Madrid) is good enough. The Winterthur resident is an undisputed regular player in the City World selection.

The 5-1 derby win against AC Milan was the ideal boost for Sommer’s Inter at the start of the Champions League. After competing in last season’s final, the demands on the Nerazzurri are high, but qualifying for the final again would be a minor thrill – and would only come if regular goalkeeper Yann Sommer is in top form.

In the national team’s flop, at the top of Newcastle: this is how Fabian Schär’s current situation can be summarized. It is strange that he cannot reach the level in the Swiss shirt that he has been delivering in the Premier League for months. Logically, he will start the first Champions League adventure with Newcastle as a regular player.

Last year he impressively demonstrated his international level. For Kobel personally, the new Champions League season is about reaching world-class level. And that his BVB once again progresses beyond the quarter-finals.

After moving from Frankfurt, he quickly established himself in Sevilla FC’s midfield – partnering old star Ivan Rakitic*. The same applies to him as to the other football players with a Swiss passport registered in the premier class: if he stays healthy, Sow will be on the field longer than watching from the bench.

So far, Okafor has not progressed beyond the joker role at AC Milan. That will probably change now that the double burden starts. With domestic Serie A likely to be more important to the Rossoneri than the Champions League, Okafor’s chances of getting plenty of minutes in the premier league are good.

They also have a Swiss passport

Bryan Okoh (Salzburg), Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp) and Benjamin Siegrist (Celtic Glasgow) are employed by Champions League participants, but were not registered for the premier class by their clubs.

And then of course there is Urs Fischer, the only Swiss coach in the Champions League besides YB’s Raphael Wicky. For Fischers Union Berlin, the fairytale of the premier class begins in the legendary Bernabeu against Real Madrid.

*Players with a Swiss passport but active for other national teams: Ivan Rakitic (Seville), Diogo Costa (Porto).

Source : Blick