Soccer national team, Marco Odermatt and Jolanda Neff: That is why sport is the identity engine of our society
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There is a gap between the private, individualized world and the big public. Luckily, sport exists: it fills that gap and creates a sense of belonging.
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Masses of Switzerland fans at the 2006 World Cup in Stuttgart during the preliminary round match against France.
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Crowds crowd the roadside to watch the field of the world’s best cyclists race by for a brief moment. Crowds jostle in front of a watch shop just to get an autograph from Marco Odermatt. Crowds flock to Zurich Airport to celebrate the heroic mountain bike trio around Jolanda Neff after their return from the Olympics. Crowds get irritated in front of the TV because our footballers lost 3-0 against Italy, only to celebrate ecstatically the round of 16 victory against France days later. Crowds are already cursing the day Roger Federer will announce his retirement. Masses discuss how the Bernese wrestlers are to be defeated at the Swiss Confederation.
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