Football: A Popular Sport Enjoyed by Many - Swiss residents refrain from relocating due to lawn issues.
Following the initial outrage of the Swiss football squad over their accommodation conditions during the EURO quarter in Stuttgart, the tension has mostly dissipated. The German adversaries from the preliminary round have no intentions of relocating and plan to continue practicing at Kickers stadium at Waldau, for now.
"The field's grass has already improved," remarked Silvan Widmer, a defender for Bundesliga team FSV Mainz 05, on Wednesday. "You can tell they're working hard. We're content with that." The rollers have been dispatched over the grass, according to a representative for the Swiss association. There's also no significant danger of injury for the athletes. The unevenness, initially criticized, would adversely affect the passing exercises. The scenario, as the rep added, has significantly improved.
The terrain of VfB is being cleared as well
Pierluigi Tami, national team director for the Swiss, stated after the Swiss squad's first EURO match on Monday that the quality of the hastily laid new sward was "absolutely inadequate." UEFA has since deliberated on other options. The VfB Stuttgart football grounds are also being gathered up by the Swiss association rep. For Murat Yakin's squad, it's just a 30-minute bus ride through the Stuttgart city traffic to reach there - and should thus remain a fail-safe option.
The Swiss national squad will take on Hungary in their initial EURO group match on Saturday (3:00 p.m./MagentaTV) in Cologne. They will face Germany as the finale of Group A on June 23 in Frankfurt.
Explanation of the Swiss national team's EURO 2024 match timetable.
