Philippe Senderos - EURO2008

New recording, new answers from Philippe Senderos to the many questions posted on this site special Euro 2008. A big thank you for all these messages of support!

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"Put this game behind us"

Recovery and relaxation were the programme Sunday after the opening match. The whole team had a short trainning in the morning, Philippe Senderos had 20 minutes of cycling and then the gym for the upper body. The rest of the day was dedicated to the care and relaxation, Philippe emphasized putting the game behind them and focus on that Wednesday.
Monday, meeting and training video in order to analyze the game of the Turkish team.
Today Tuesday, leaving for Basel and training at St. Jakob-Park tonight.

Painful start of Euro 2008 for the national team. The Switzerland lost 1-0 against the Czech Republic.
The pain is also the exit due to injury of Alex Frei, shortly before half-time. Medical test later in the evening revealed a partial tear of ligaments left knee. Frei is out for the rest of the competition.

Reactions of Philippe Senderos:
"We knew it would be difficult. There are three big teams in front of us in this group, it was necessary to deliver a great match, it's what we did. It was important to play well, but dominating doesn't mean winning... We're disappointed. And we lost our captain, top scorer, it hurts.
Wednesday is already a final for us. Without putting too much pressure, we said we must save face in this Turkish team."

It's last Monday evening, around 8pm that Philippe Senderos has joined his teammates at Panorama Resort & Spa, official camp of the Swiss selection during the UEFA Euro 2008.
Tonight, Philippe will be answering to an exclusive interview for his official website. He will discuss his first impressions of this "base camp" where many Swiss fans are comming to show their support to their team (Photo).
The first match of the national team against the Czech Republic is, of course, in everyone's mind. Philippe will share with us more about his way of approaching this great opening match.
He will also answer to questions sent here, on his site.
See you tomorrow morning (Thursday) for the publication of this interview!


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Last friendly game before the UEFA Euro 2008. The "Nati" defeated Liechtenstein 3 - 0 in St Gallen in a crowded AFG Arena. Alexander Frei striked twice and became the best scorer in the history of Swiss selection, Johan Vonlanthen had the third goal.

As announced by Philippe Senderos earlier last week in this interview (fr) the "Nati" was looking for confidence and fine tuning its game plan in preparation for the first match against the Czech Republic on June 7.

Kuhn has lined up what should be considered the official starting team with the exception of Barnetta, out due to ankle injury (expected to return for saturday). Six changes were made during the match. Philippe Senderos was replaced after 60 minutes by Stephane Grichting.

Reactions of Philippe Senderos:
- Your first impressions after this last friendly match?
"We played in a brand new stadium, I really liked the AFG Arena, it was really beautiful. Many flags, a good atmosphere. I'm really looking forward to play again a match in St Gallen in the near future. "
- And on the game itself?
"I played an hour as a precaution before the first match of the Euro. It was the same eleven, there are automatism among us. Playing entertaining football and not conceding any goals was also important, it's good for confidence. And then there was the new milestone reached by Alex Frei. "
- In defence, what's the temperature like?
"The return of Müller is a real plus, we are complementary, he is calm and experienced. There are habits by playing together, it's good for the future."

Résults and Team :
Suisse - Liechtenstein 3-0 (2-0)

St-Gall. AFG Arena. 18 000 spectateurs.
Arbitre: Thual (Fr).
Buts: 24e Frei 1-0. 31e Frei 2-0. 68e Vonlanthen 3-0.

Suisse: Benaglio; Lichtsteiner (60e Degen), Müller, Senderos (62e Grichting), Magnin (71e Spycher); Behrami (55e Gygax), Fernandes (86e Huggel), Inler, Vonlanthen; Frei, Streller (60e Yakin).

Liechtenstein: Jehle; Oehri (83e Hasler), Gerster, Martin Stocklasa, Burgmeier; Rizberger, Polverino, Martin Büchel, Rohrer (65e Roger Beck); Fischer (65e Thomas Beck), Frick (83e Büchel).

GK :
Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg/ALL), Pascal Zuberbuhler (Neuchatel Xamax), Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers Zurich)

DEFENDERS :
Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart/ALL), Christoph Spycher (Francfort/ALL), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal/ANG), Patrick Müller (Lyon/FRA), Johan Djourou (Arsenal/ANG), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre/FRA), Philipp Degen (Liverpool/ANG), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lille/FRA)

MIDFIELDERS :
Valon Behrami (Lazio Roma/ITA), Gokhan Inler (Udinese/ITA), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City/ANG), Benjamin Huggel (Bâle), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen/ALL), Hakan Yakin (Young Boys Berne), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers Zurich), Johan Vonlanthen (Salzburg/AUT), Daniel Gygax (Metz)

STRICKERS :
Alexander Frei (Borussia Dortmund/ALL), Marco Streller (Bâle), Eren Derdiyok (Bâle)

Equipe	Pts	GP	+/-
Portugal	6	3	2
Türkei	6	3	0
Tschechische Rep.	3	3	-2
Schweiz	3	3	0

Fixtures :

First round
7 jui, 18:00	A	Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
7 jui, 20:45	A	Portugal 2 - 0 Turkey	Stade de Genève, *Geneva
11 jui, 18:00	A	Czech Republic 1 - 3 Portugal	Stade de Genève, *Geneva
11 jui, 20:45	A	Switzerland 1 - 2 Turkey	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
15 jui, 20:45	A	Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic	Stade de Genève, *Geneva
15 jui, 20:45	A	Switzerland 2 - 0 Portugal	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Quarter finals
19 jui, 20:45	QF1	Portugal 2 - 3 Germany	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20 jui, 20:45	QF2	Croatia 1 - 1 1-3(p) Turkey	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienne

Semi finals
25 jui, 20:45	SF1	Germany 3 - 2 Turkey	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Euro 2008 Finals
29 jui, 20:45		Germany 0 - 1 Spain	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienne

Short preview introducing the Cesc Fabregas Show where Philippe Senderos attended. The show was on air Monday, May 19th on Sky Sports.

During all the Euro 2008, you can write down your questions to Philippe Senderos and he will try to answer them in the next audio or video interview.

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