Football: Embarrassing 2:2 against ten Slovenes

The arbitrator dezimierte the Slovenes already after a half hour on ten men. Switzerland was situated twice in guidance and had to be glad at the conclusion around the one point nevertheless.

Two hits of Kubilay Tuerkyilmaz, both marks after heavy errors of the opposing goal keeper, were enough to Switzerland not to the important success in running around a WM participation 2002. Thus Swiss created yesterday against Slovenia in Ljubljana only a 2:2, although they could act 52 minutes long in majority and twice into guidance had gone.

After this renewed loss of two counters Switzerland with four points is in the intermediate rank list of the WM group of eliminations 1 behind Russia (6 points) and Slovenia (5) only on the third workstation. The Russians struck Luxembourg yesterday at home with 3:0 and took over without point of loss the point. A gift of Goalie Dabanovic already enabled Swiss after 20 minutes the unexpected guidance to national team: Tuerkyilmaz ' freistoss from approximately 25 meters hissed between the legs of the weak Slovenian goal keeper in the network. After the yellow red card for the Slovene Amir Karic (38.) Servette stuermer Ermin Siljak succeeded six minutes later in Unterzahl of the 1:1 balance. Tuerkyilmaz shot Switzerland in the 66. Minute after a further error of Dabanovic in guidance, but the suddenly provoked native ones again created twelve minutes before conclusion again by an untenable Aufsetzer of substitute Milenko Acimovic the high-earned balance. Brescia mercenary Tuerkyilmaz did not let Swiss WM chances rise with his two hits, he was however promoted to the front runner in eternal Swiss gate hunter list.

(news.ch)