Continues scandal: Swiss Federation lags behind the Behram decision

Her coach had told him in a brief call. It's not true at all, the Swiss Football Federation said on Monday in the SRF's TV programme, “Rendez-vous am Mitag” blaming Valon Behram, broadcast Albinfo.ch.

I can't confirm that Vallon is out. The coach of the team has contacted several players Monday, more experienced and older players, and has told them that he would not plan to play with them in the qualifications for Wayfa Nation League, to enable the newest players. In addition, he has told them that they can even further join the national team, praising if they can still be trained. And then he told you, think about your future on the national team and call back during the week”.

The “of course doubt is justified. I think there was a lot of excitement. Valon Behram is an emotional person, so he has become a prominent football player. Also for the Swiss national team. It's because it brings a lot of excitement to the game. But I think in this case, he didn't understand what the national coach thought. He has not made a certain decision, no official decision has been made, no player has been expelled from the national team”.

For Petkovic's bad communication, Marco von Ah has stated “This is surprising me. Four out of five players have understood the message very well. I was surprised that it became such a big problem when it is known that both characters in their midst communicate in the Italian language they know very well and always had a good relationship”.

If the coach had decided to take off Behram, he wouldn't have done that by telephone. The contact was thought of as some kind of probe. I think it's reasonable for him to do this on the phone, even in the sense of efficiency, since there have been some phone calls that didn't even take two minutes. That's why this case is justified. When it comes to making a mandatory decision, things are different”.

This would be a clean sports decision, which was made only by himself, without any sports-political background. Similarly, he did not discuss the decision with [Peter Gilliéron] or with Secretary General [Alex Myescher]. The coach has the Federation's autonomy and support. He should take care of the team composition and its future after participating in the World Cup. These are normal processes”.

Regarding the two-headed eagle, Ah has declared “We have worked on this issue, in which we have publicly admitted that we made mistakes. We didn't start out badly, in the vicinity of the two-headed eagle, the federation management immediately settled between the players and then managed to calm things down. Then we personally ran the subject and things didn't go very well. We apologized for this and made it clear that we do not want to discriminate, discredit, or stumble anyone. We don't think it's all over. There is still a task left to be done”.