Petkovic: 'London awaits us, we want to win'

 "The reporters aren't on the bubble, so you can't come to London."

The joke with which the Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic, in a press conference, greets a reporter with whom he has particular confidence suggests that in the Swiss house, in view of tomorrow's quarter-final against Spain in St. Petersburg, there is an atmosphere of optimism.

"We want to win," says the Swiss coach.

    Wembley and the semi-final are an achievable goal, even if, it must be said, the rossocrociati will be penalized by the absence of their captain Granit Xhaka, best in the field against France but stopped due to disqualification who now has to serve a round of disqualification. To make it clear how important the presence of his 'director' in Switzerland is, just think that he was on the pitch in 56 of the last 59 games. Zakaria should play in his place, but Petkovic is not unbalanced: "Granit will be with us on the bench - says the former Lazio coach -, this time he will have a different role, but in the squad I have other excellent players, and other leaders, so we will not change. a lot, and I don't think it will change the way we play.

    We have a tactical plan, I have good feelings compared to negative ones: we want to win to get a historic result, even if we will play against a rival, Spain, who are among the main favorites of this European championship. " Spaniards? "My parents have to anticipate situations, position themselves well on the pitch and run more than their opponents," Petkovic replied