Even the employee of stadium safety claps with Cedric Itten, hugging him for a long time, congratulated him. Itten has the dreary, partially desolate countries in the Switzerland game against Georgia with his appearance pimped.
The St. Gallen striker has scored six minutes after coming off the bench, the 1:0 winning goal and thus the Swiss participation in the European championship in 2020, almost guaranteed. Tomorrow a 0:0 to the national team in Gibraltar to go to the last step. Itten, the great figure of the Friday evening. It is a special, even a week ago for impossible-held image of how he representatives of the media is under siege, at the same time in 15 microphones speaks again and again of his “incredible story” told. Of the serious injury after the brutal Foul by the city defender Fabio Daprelà at 23. September 2018, the Indoor and cross-band crack, the months of Rehabilitation, the return, the good start to the season with FC St. Gallen. And, especially, of his fairy-tale debut in the national team.
Cedric itten’s joy after the Georgia game. (Video: Tamedia)
“I can hardly believe what has happened in the last few days,” he says. And is equal to myself, what the all is: “First, the subsequent line-up, because Josip was Drmic, then the first Training, the goal, the gate, the huge emotions. And all here in St. Gallen, in front of my family, the girlfriend, many friends and Acquaintances.”
“Itten! Itten!”, call Peter Zeidler and Matthias Hüppi
70 minutes are over, he goes for Albian Ajeti in. “Itten! Itten!”, the audience gets a thousand times. Peter Zeidler makes the also and next to him, his President Matthias Hüppi, Zeidler itten’s club coach and an emotional person who likes to get carried away with, when the Moment offers is.
Zeidler told the Morning after, the Newspapers he read in a St. Galler Café, as he does often. The other guests suspect already: “Now Itten is in the case of a Transfer more expensive.” And Zeidler reports: “they are all proud that the game has been here, that Itten’s been there.”
On Saturday afternoon, the national players train on place 5 of the sports complex reasons, moss, or at least those who have not confessed the night before on the square. The other remained in the Hotel. The murmur among the audience of 300 is not remains about it. But here he is: Itten.
And he is very much the local hero, a likeable, rising star of the Moment, refreshing and relaxed. “I am very grateful, I am allowed to experience this,” he says, “and I will always remember this evening.” He didn’t sleep very much, for this excellent, and he has long been can not answer all of the congratulations, alone 99 messages have been on Whatsapp. The camisole he took, it will get a place of honor in the living room. And the Ball with which he has taken, it is sent to him yet.
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Itten in Basel, and as a Fan of the FCB is great, because his father is a supporter of the club. He is a Junior, celebrates on the barfüsserplatz as a Fan of the title and the beginning of 2016, 19, made his debut in the Super League. His bad luck is that he can not prevail at FCB, he is only on loan to Luzern and then to St. Gallen.
In the summer of 2018, he binds himself for three years to the Eastern Switzerland. He can feel the Affection, particularly after his serious injury. Zeidler admired him for how he copes with the period of Rehabilitation, Itten complains never, he only looks forward and works to his dream of one day meet. “National players,” he said in August in the “Sunday newspaper”, “this is my greatest goal.” Are you good enough?, he asked. “Yeah, sure.”
On Friday night, he reached it a month before his 23. Birthday. He says: “a year Ago, I was very far from dreaming of such a night. Now I know that it was worth it to fight hard.” His enthusiasm is contagious, it stands in contrast to the often experienced to speak to many of the national players. And you outshone the tedious the Swiss victory against outsiders, and Georgia. “This was an important success on the way to the EM,” says Itten. He is only a few days, but long enough to add immediately that the participation in the European championship on Monday should be made in Gibraltar yet definitely. So much professional thinking must be.
With the feeling of the goalgetter’s, the team thinks
Under Zeidler himself Itten has not developed to the player as a striker to develop, but thanks to his intelligence in midfield. “He thinks and runs for the team,” says his coach, “it excludes, however, that he wants to make the gate, if he sees the Chance.” Against Georgia, he is involved decisively in the development of the attack, he concludes, finally, himself. He can feel where he’s standing and where he was to the edge of Denis Zakaria, the head ball must draw. And that’s why this story is perfect, the could not to believe, Zeidler, invent even more: “Otherwise, you just think: This is pure Kitsch.”
in the national team currently, many be hurt, is His happiness. “For others, it is negative”, says Coach Vladimir Petkovic at the beginning of the week, “for you it is positive. You can use this when your Moment comes.” During the game, Petkovic to wait long to respond to the persisting weaknesses in the Offensive. He asks the questions: “What should we do? Who’s coming out? Who’s going in?” With Itten, he makes the right choice. On his grandstand seat white Zeidler: “If you need a goal, comes Itten. He is a scorer.”
Tomorrow is Monday so Switzerland is playing in Gibraltar. With Itten? “I only had a short use,” he says, “I ask for nothing.” It also would not fit to his style.
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