Basel ‘provokes’ Portugal and shares image of Swiss players… with mustache and beard – 2022 World Cup

Basel published this Tuesday on social networks, a few hours before the kick-off of Portugal-Switzerland, valid for the round of 16 of the World Cup, an image – meanwhile deleted – of the Swiss players with a beard and mustache, in an attempt to ‘provoke ‘ the National Team for tonight’s duel. “Perhaps Portugal can be confused with something like this? We gave a different touch to the style of our players for today’s meeting”, wrote the Swiss team, in a publication accompanied by the image above. After receiving a lot of criticism and having deleted the tweet, Basel apologized. “Unfortunately, our publication regarding the selection went very badly. It was something that was not thought through and we did not want anyone to feel insulted or belittled in any way. Our most sincere apologies to everyone who felt affected”, justified the club.

Portugal and Switzerland face each other tonight at 7 pm, at the Lusail Stadium, in the last game of the ‘eighth’ of the 2022 Mundial.

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