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FootballPia Sundhage’s conditions to stay at the head of Switzerland
The selector of the national female team is considering keeping the Nati orders. To do this, she wants to keep her assistants.
Pia Sundhage was acclaimed by the Swiss public during the euro.
Claudio De Capitani/FreshfocusAfter leading the Swiss team in the quarterfinals of “sound” Euro, Pia Sundhage is not sure to stay at the bar of the Nati. Magré this historical qualification. To stay, the Swedish Nati selector has requirements. Starting by keeping his assistants.
The first, Anders Johansson, is the assistant of Sundhage. He approaches sixty and has immense experience in women’s football, especially in Sweden. He has been an assistant for twenty years in the discipline and even led the Swedish M19 at the end of the last decade. The second, Lilie Persson (59), also assisted Sundhage, after a long professional career with Hammarby. She was notably the assistant of the Sweden team for 12 years.
These two assistants are one of the keys to maintaining Pia Sundhagus. In an interview with the SRF, the 65 -year -old selector recently indicated “to think about what the next step could be. Staying in Switzerland is tempting … But those around them are so important. We have to take a step forward with the people I am currently working with. It’s not negotiable! “
Critics of praise
These two profiles, the Swiss selector absolutely wants to keep them alongside her. The one who led Switzerland to the first quarter -final of a major competition in her history would have even made a requirement to keep orders from the Swiss team, on the qualifying road for the future World Cup in 2027 in Brazil, said the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
Criticized before this home tournament for the Swiss, the Scandinavian selector ended up being acclaimed at the end of the defeat against Spain (2-0) and the next day, in the federal square. The tone has therefore changed well in a few weeks. Sundhage first thought of leaving at the end of the tournament and seems to have changed his mind. But to do this, she wants to keep the entourage in a lasting way that helped her fulfill her goals. So far, he had only been hired for a short fixed -term term.
