Editorial
So that collective memory makes room for Swiss footballers
To think of the moments that brought together the country around football is to think of men on the ground. At the euro, the Swiss have the power to create a common memory that will remain. With women in the center.
The Swiss team raised the fervor of an entire people. There is only a reference match to enter history.
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We were all made. When we knew that Switzerland would face Spain in quarters of his Euro this Fridayit is a male memory that sprang. That of the unforgettable Swiss-Spain of the 2010 World Cup.
When a virus hit Pia Sundhage’s players this week, it’s still a male memory that arose. Or the hours preceding the slap received by the Nati against Portugal at the 2022 World Cup.
And when it comes to measuring the chances of exploit of the Swiss on Friday, it is always a male memory that emerges. With the “Miracle of Bern” of the 1954 World Cup.
These associations are human. To understand what he sees, our brain of Homo sapiens associates him with what he knows closest. And in terms of football, this common good that is collective memory has little room for women.
In Switzerland, there is a link of dependence between the results of the national male team and the possibility of vibrating for the round ball as a country. This pivotal moment when the memories of the decades are created to come.
This is also all that is played out on Friday evening. The Swiss can finally take a place that comes back to them in the collective memory. They could have been there for a long time. On October 11, 2022, for example, an epic match against Wales sent them to the World Cup. The company was not yet ready to open their arms to them, after an evening that had not even gathered 8,000 people in the Letzigrund.
Nothing to do with the 90,000 fans who have followed them at the stadium for the past two weeks and the millions of viewers from their home. The Homeric course of Switzerland at the Euro He has already allowed him to win the hearts. Only a feat is missing to gain memories.
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