Switzerland's Gökhan Inler (left) during his team's unconvincing draw with Israel (Keystone) The Swiss national football team has qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after drawing 0-0 with Israel in Basel. Switzerland thus finished at the top of their group on 21 points, ahead of Greece on 20, and will play in their fourth consecutive major tournament. The maths on Wednesday night was easy and the sell-out crowd in St Jakob's Park stadium knew it: Switzerland were going into the match with a three point advantage over nearest rivals Greece, who kicked off against Luxembourg in Athens at the same time. Assuming the Greeks would win – in the end they did 2-1 – the Swiss knew a draw would be enough to guarantee them a place among 31 other teams in South Africa in June and July. But Switzerland, currently 15th in... [read full story]
