Benito back in the squad at the age of 31: “The matches for the national team mean everything to me!”

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Loris Benito is back in the national team.
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Alain KunzFootball reporter

Cuckoo. Loris Benito is back! More than two years after his last international match, a five-minute appearance in Switzerland’s 3-1 victory over Turkey at the 2020 European Championship, which he classified as an absolute highlight of his career, the man from Aargau is back in the national team . And at the age of 31. A great comeback.

Because Benito is making it as a new player, so to speak. At that time he was in the selection as a left back. But he has now mutated into a central defender. At YB he was given a permanent position in this position.

Amenda narrowed

He chased it away from Aurèle Amenda (20), the gifted one. The man who owns the future. Clubs from all over Europe have already offered very large sums of money for him, so it was assumed that the gift would also be from him. But Benito does so well regardless of the four-man or three-man defense that he is currently an integral part of the YB defensive network. And yes. He also scores two goals…

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The player himself has always emphasized that he never lost confidence in the national team. That returning to this illustrious circle was one of his main motivations. It is in the nature of things that he was ridiculed for this. And the astonishing final years of the former Benfica Lisbon player’s career. During the Corona period he will be sidelined in Bordeaux 2021.

“Persona non grata” in Bordeaux

In the end they don’t even let him go to the training ground. “Persona non grata,” he says about the situation at the time. He terminates the contract of his own accord, because no club wants him. So he is free. After six months, Christian shows Constantin mercy and gives him a job. It was the best of the several options he had, he said at the time. Knowing that Sion has a reputation as a graveyard for Nati players. Nevertheless, during the presentation he spoke about his desire to play for Qatar in the World Cup.

Nothing will come of it. But six months later YB brings him back and he pays less than a million to FC Sion. And then Benito becomes a regular player. Last season left back. Central from here. And there he is, for example, in all Champions League matches, in the play-offs and in the group.

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Never lost confidence

Now the great line-up that Benito is “extremely proud” of, he tells “SRF”: “I believed in it and worked on it every day in the two years I was away. It means the world to me! The best matches of my career were for the national team. I feel incredibly comfortable in Switzerland. I was born and raised here. The national team matches mean everything to me.”

Would you also like to hear such a eulogy for Switzerland Tourism from Ardon Jashari?

Qualification Group A
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Spain
Spain
6
16
15
2
Scotland
Scotland
6
9
15
3
Norway
Norway
7
2
10
4
Georgia
Georgia
6
-4
7
5
Cyprus
Cyprus
7
-23
0
Qualification group B
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
France
France
6
12
18
2
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
6
3
12
3
Greece
Greece
7
6
12
4
Ireland
Ireland
7
0
6
5
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
6
-21
0
Qualification Group C
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
England
England
6
16
16
2
Ukraine
Ukraine
7
3
13
3
Italy
Italy
6
4
10
4
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
6
-7
7
5
Malta
Malta
7
-16
0
Qualification Group D
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Turkiye
Turkiye
7
7
16
2
Wales
Wales
6
0
10
3
Croatia
Croatia
6
6
10
4
Armenia
Armenia
6
-1
7
5
Latvia
Latvia
7
-12
3
Qualification Group E
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Albania
Albania
6
8th
13
2
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
6
3
11
3
Poland
Poland
7
0
10
4
Moldavia
Moldavia
6
0
9
5
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
7
-11
1
Qualification Group F
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Belgium
Belgium
7
13
17
2
Austria
Austria
7
8th
16
3
Sweden
Sweden
6
3
7
4
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
6
-8th
4
5
Estonia
Estonia
6
-16
1
Qualification Group G
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Hungary
Hungary
6
7
14
2
Serbia
Serbia
7
6
13
3
Montenegro
Montenegro
6
-2
8th
4
Lithuania
Lithuania
7
-4
6
5
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
6
-7
2
Qualification Group H
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Slovenia
Slovenia
8th
11
19
2
Denmark
Denmark
8th
10
19
3
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
8th
3
15
4
Finland
Finland
8th
3
12
5
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
8th
-2
6
6
San Marino
San Marino
8th
-25
0
Qualification group I
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Romania
Romania
8th
9
16
2
Switzerland
Switzerland
7
12
15
3
Israel
Israel
7
-1
11
4
Kosovo
Kosovo
8th
1
10
5
Belarus
Belarus
8th
-7
6
6
Andorra
Andorra
8th
-14
2
Qualification group J
team
SP
T.D
PT
1
Portugal
Portugal
8th
30
24
2
Slovakia
Slovakia
8th
6
16
3
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
8th
-10
11
4
Iceland
Iceland
8th
5
10
5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8th
-7
9
6
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
8th
-24
0

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