Federal councillor Ruth Dreifuss has had on the previous day requests, if they should not pursue the game in addition to national coach Roy Hodgson on the bench. She previously worked as a game, never on a Football. Many wanted a Ticket for this evening. The venerable hard tower, this is a proper football stadium in Zurich, which should never have been demolished, it was sold out since weeks, 22 000 came, a Million sitting at home in front of the screen.
It is night, a cold Sunday, almost exactly 26 years ago, the 17. November 1993. The Swiss footballer play against Estonia, the last game in the qualification for the world Cup in the United States. A 2:0 is enough, and for the first time in 28 years they would participate again in a major tournament.
The Zurich municipal Council has postponed its weekly meeting. Hodgson, without a three-foot door, sitting on the Bank, is Hyper-nervous, chews and chews and chews his nails. After 30 minutes, the first goal, soon to be the second, soon the third, and all head gates, at the end it says 4:0.
extract of TA of 18. November 1993,
hundreds of race after the final whistle on the court, Hodgson escapes into the cabin because he is afraid to be crushed, and later he comes back, is lifted from the players shoulders, Chapuisat swings an American Flag, three foot is still in the box and claps, Zurich police Board Neukomm has been proclaimed in the break a free night. The specialist newspaper “Sport” is printing a special edition, the photos with the players were made a week earlier, everyone had to leave so scan that there is a connection to America is formed. Some see themselves as a Cowboy, other than Mickey Mouse, or sit on a Harley-Davidson, Thomas Bickel, today’s FCZ-sports-in-chief, selects the favorite bar El Internaçional in his quarters and attempts a “Homeless” represent a homeless.
well after midnight, many still drive through Zurich’s streets, honk and wave flags, dance and chant: “USA, USA, USA.” Roy Hodgson is sitting later at a Banquet, and says to his wife Sheila: “I have the best Job in the world – isn’t it, Darling?” The next Morning, an elderly woman asks in a Café in Seefeld, when these footballers would play, the next Time she wanted to be. So far, they had only interested in the game plan at the Schauspielhaus.
So it was, at that time, 26 years ago. As it is not normal that Switzerland qualified for the tournament.
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