"Almost inhuman": the ban on two citizens falls on a friend of the football official party – Switzerland

Miescher does not want to put the Doppeladler case directly in relation to the issue of dual nationality. Compared to "Switzerland on weekends", he said: "The two-headed jubilation showed how fragile the relationship between the national team and the population is. this national team, we could spark skepticism among the population.But now I realize that only good services are not enough.It takes more.This is why I started the debate on the double I'm not on a mission, nor am I against multiple nationalities, I just want to check the resonance with this idea. "

Miescher wants athletes to decide with two passes up to 18, which they put back. Why? Because he does not want the association to invest money in the education of young talents, but later they will work for another national team. Only: In the last 20 years, Switzerland has lost only two footballers, Ivan Rakitic and Mladen Petric. And if someone like Moritz Bauer plays for Austria, the Feltscher brothers for Venezuela and Xhaka's brother, Taulant for Albania, Switzerland never hurts. So why the Miescher rebellion? Especially as the national team is subject to cycles that interact with the flow of immigration. Means: In ten, maybe five years, the majority of our footballers from immigration will have no Kosovan but African roots. For rational considerations only, there is less danger that they choose their second home. Every three months, flying from any European metropolis to Africa to participate in an international match is much more complicated than engaging the Nati in Switzerland.

The reasons for a second pass are rarely emotionally controlled either. For example, Manuel Akanji did not apply for the Nigerian passport until he was a teenager because he is exempted from the visa requirement when he travels to the country of Japan. 39, origin of his father. It would be understandable that now he felt snubbed by Miescher's advance. Like all other double citizens of the national team.

The clubs are not happy with the attempt. They are the ones who invest money and resources in training first and foremost. That is why it is in their interest to make their talents numerous national players – no matter their country. Because with every international match, the market value increases. Miescher admits, "The debate is also about what we weigh more heavily: national interests or partial economic interests?"