ft.com - 12/3/2007
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Before the last World Cup, an advertisement ran on French television trying to lure women on Swiss holidays. Featuring handsome, scantily clad mountain men, its payoff line was: "Dear girls, why not escape this summer's World Cup to a country where men spend less time on football and more on you?" Switzerland, almost uniquely in Europe, has never cared much about football. But tomorrow the ...
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The Offside —
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