It is, by far, the most talked about sporting moment of this summer in Switzerland and almost everyone has an opinion. In the quarter-final of the World Cup, against Argentina, Breel Embolo received a red card after a simulation. In the process, reduced to 10, the Nati was eliminated.
Questioned during his presentation by his new club, Atlanta United, in MLS, the principal concerned finally spoke about this decisive moment. Briefly.
“Of course it affected me, it affected the team. But it’s part of the sport,” commented Breel Embolo, answering a journalist’s question.
“As players, we were naturally angry because we knew we could have won, or at least had a chance of winning, if we had stayed with eleven,” he added, as reported 20 minutes.
But was it a refereeing error? Had the referee respected the rules when taking out his card? The 29-year-old striker did not want to enter into the debate. He wanted to be positive, believing that the national team had had a “great tournament”. It is “a big step, a big success for Switzerland” to have reached the quarter-finals and to have been able to face Argentina, he underlined.
