For the recent international break, the Swiss national team selection was quite young and inexperienced. This will be less of a thing in the future. "We understand 100 percent that the players have to be fresh and fit, especially in view of the World Championship", Lars Weibel, director of the national teams, mentions to Keystone-SDA.
"However, we wanted to do it too well with all the planning, so it just does not add up. We will definitely not be able to take everything into account in the future."
Patrick Fischer states a similar thing to the Tages-Anzeiger. This time, the selection was being considerate towards National League clubs, as the national team head coach did not want to risk any key players getting injured right before the deciding phase of the season. "We have to be competitive and perform. Otherwise, in the future, I will rely on rather older players in February as well."
