The Swiss national team can fall back on captain Lia Wälti at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The 30-year-old recovered in time from her severe ankle injury.
“I can do everything again and I’m fully involved,” explained the former Bundesliga player from Turbine Potsdam on Thursday (July 14, 2023) in an interview with Swiss radio and television (SRF). Shortly thereafter, the midfielder completed team training with the “Nati” at the team headquarters in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Week-long break after hard foul
Wälti was fouled by Aggie Beever-Jones in Arsenal’s Super League game at Everton on May 17 and suffered a serious ankle injury. Since then, the thinker and leader has been fighting for her comeback at the Swiss headquarters. With success. “Lia is right on schedule in her rehabilitation program,” team doctor Tanja Hetling told SRF. So nothing seems to stand in the way of Wälti playing in the first group game on July 21 (7 a.m. CEST) against outsiders Philippines.