Vaclik returns to Switzerland: they’ll be in a good mood, we have to win

On Tuesday, the Czech national team will play a key match in the Nations League. If it wants to stay in the elite group, it must win in Switzerland. Tomáš Vaclík played in the league there in the past, how is he looking forward to his return to Switzerland?

The first match against the Swiss ended with the Czechs winning 2-1. The Swiss seemed to be tired after a hard season, but Jan Kuchta and his teammates were very active and deservedly won.

Three months later, the rematch in Switzerland is scheduled for Tuesday, where Vaclik knows it. He played there in the jersey of Basel, with whom he also played in the Champions League, and his good performances earned him a subsequent transfer to the famous Spanish Sevilla.

“I am really looking forward to Switzerland. I think I’ve only been there twice since I transferred. Ironically, less than a month after I transferred, we played a preparatory match with Sevilla in Zurich against Benfica Lisbon. Since then, I’ve only been there when Suchos (Marek Suchý) had his farewell match in Basel,” Vaclik said.

Basel have gone down in results in recent years after Vaclik’s departure, replaced on the Swiss throne by Young Boys Bern. This year, in any case, it has reached the European Conference League group, where it has six points after two rounds.

Yann Sommer was also on the team during Vaclik’s tenure. The current number one of the Swiss national team is currently shining in Mönchengladbach, she also had great moments at the European Championships a year ago.

“He’s sticking now, he’s catching fantastically. The start of the season found him in great form. The game against Bayern, in which he set a Bundesliga record for most saves in a single game, will be a once-in-a-career game for the goalkeeper. Everything is close, the decisions are right. I think he was in such a state of flux that if the game had been played for another 30 or 40 minutes, he wouldn’t have scored another goal anyway,” continued the current Olympiakos Piraeus number one.

Sommer is also the reason why the Swiss have leapfrogged the Czechs in the table in the next four rounds. First it was a surprise win over the Portuguese, now a 2-1 victory in Spain in September that put the Czechs in last place.

The Swiss decided the game with two goals after corner kicks, three points put them in a position to stay among the elite. They will be driven by the home fans, plus the Czech national team’s mainstays are not in ideal form.

“I honestly didn’t expect the Spanish to be able to lose at home to Switzerland. It changed the whole mood. It looked like a point would be enough for us. Now we will have to win there. TheSwiss will definitely be in a good mood,” Vaclik added.

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