Heat wave: asset for Switzerland at the Women’s Euro?

To say that there is a little less than a week ago, at the end of the victory of the Swiss against the Czechs at the end of the last preparation match in Winterthour (4-1), Smilla Vallotto estimated that the temperature felt was a “dinguerie”. He then made about 25 degrees well counted a little north of Zurich … Suffice to say that the Genevo-Italo-Norvian will be served on Wednesday evening for the “opening” part of his selection against his other homeland, Norway. All three hours after an Iceland-Finland that smells good.

It is one of the main remarks of the many foreign media that land in our latitudes these days: hot. Inevitably, the postcard of Switzerland abroad, it is rather snow -capped mountains and there, the heat wave is rampant and the first two days will be played by almost 30 degrees, even for matches of 9 pm. Not enough to compete with the more than 40 degrees in Qatar, during the last World Cup or during the Club World Cup in the United States currently, it’s true. But the “Cooling Breaks” will also be used during this euro.

“The preparation went well,” said Lia Wälti, the Swiss captain. The important thing is to focus on the match. This is what we did in Thoune. It’s hot, you don’t stay too much in the sun and you have to drink water, a lot of water, it’s very important to me. Especially the day of the match, because we play late, at 9 p.m. But we are prepared to play such temperatures. ” We heard the same from the opposing camp. The weather will not be an excuse and it is the same for both camps.

The luck of the Swiss, in his group A which is undoubtedly one of the least well armed in this European championship, is that they are undoubtedly much better used to “hot” than their opponents. Temperatures of some 35 degrees, we unfortunately begin to get used to it by us. But on the scale of Norwegians, Finns and Icelanders, we are clearly on another planet. Finally, for the moment …

In town too, it is a sweet torpor that has taken hold of the Rhine city. From the follower of the balloon game, we had never seen the Rhine making so much recipe. Hundreds of people dived there Tuesday at the end of the day, hoping to lose a few degrees. This is still possible, because the river is measured these days at 25 degrees. It’s too much, but it’s always taken. Afterwards, as long as the public ignites at the stadium and plays his role as “12th woman”, no one will complain.