(Keystone, on swissinfo.ch)Switzerland's national team lost yesterday to Turkey (1-2)... the newspapers here are flooded with the bad news. But thankfully, the actual rain has stopped... what a memorable game, if for nothing other than the amazing downpour and the teams' strength to play on.
Jace and I watched the game at The Nelson, an English pub in our village (the odds right?), with a couple of his colleagues. At one point, a few Turkish fans were really making a scene over the second goal, and good ol' Robert form the Nelson had a word with them. Good thing too because by that point, only minutes from the end of the game, to say that tensions were high is an understatement.
Jace and I watched the game at The Nelson, an English pub in our village (the odds right?), with a couple of his colleagues. At one point, a few Turkish fans were really making a scene over the second goal, and good ol' Robert form the Nelson had a word with them. Good thing too because by that point, only minutes from the end of the game, to say that tensions were high is an understatement.
Check out this photo from the game, and then click on the slide show below. Poor Switzerland. Boy did it rain down on them... (Enough silly rain analogies. I'm so sorry, I will stop!!)
(Photo from Keystone/Laurent Gillieron, on swissinfo.ch)
(Photo from Keystone/Laurent Gillieron, on swissinfo.ch)
Slide show and story seen on: Rain didn't stop play between Switzerland and Turkey in Euro 2008. - swissinfo
2 comments:
Well, considering Switzerland "qualified" by hosting the thing, who's really surprised? Watch Austria follow suit in a few hours.
That is SO true. You should have seen the national pride here though - I was just hoping they'd go a bit further. I wonder who they'll root for now.
A few articles noted that they won't be rooting for Germany - some tensions there considering the recent increase in German immigrants in Switzerland I believe. Strange.
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