Swiss media make their feelings clear after Switzerland lose 7-1 to boys team days before Women's Euros

The Swiss media have spoken out after the women's football team lost 7-1 to an under-15 boys team ahead of the Euros this summer.

In just one week, the 2025 Women's Euros will kick off in Switzerland, with 15 other nations joining the hosts in the competition.

As they prepare for the tournament, where they have been entered into a favourable group with Iceland, Finland and Norway, Switzerland have been playing a series of friendlies against the boys teams of some local clubs.

Initially this started well with a win over the U15 team of Swiss third tier side FC Biel, but they later lost a narrow 2-1 defeat to FC Solothurn's youngsters.

However, things took a sudden turn for the Swiss women's team after they were handed a brutal 7-1 loss to the U15 side of Swiss Super League side FC Luzern and the Swiss media are clear on their feelings about the game.

Alisha Lehmann will represent Switzerland at the Women's Euros. (Image: Getty)

In their write up of the result, Swiss-German outlet Blick labelled it 'A 1:7 that has no meaning' and brutally hit back at fans who are crticising the women's team over the result.

"Many are astonished and rub their eyes. Especially those who have barely ever been involved with women's football, let alone been around the national team," wrote the outlet.

"But it's a result that serves as grist to the mill for all those who have always been critical of women's football and who fundamentally lack understanding for the current hype surrounding the European Championship."

It later added: "The significance of this result is zero. Because it has no relevance in light of the European Championship, which begins in a week and in which only women compete – because women's and men's football are two different sports."

Newspaper 20 Minuten agreed with this sentiment, explaining that the Swiss women have played, and beaten, several men's youth teams in recent years, but a loss isn't a surprise due to the scientific differences between men and women's football.

Explaining their argument, the outlet wrote: "Scientifically proven, women have a very difficult time against men in football.

On average, a women's game is one-third slower than a men's game. The faster pace in men's football is simply due to the greater muscle mass that men build from puberty onwards."

Pia Sundhage is Switzerland's manager. (Image: Getty)

And it appears that members of the Swiss side are not concerned about the result, as 19-year-old Leila Wandeler told Blick: "The result didn't matter. For us, it was about testing our game principles."

While the team's head of communications, Sven Micosse, added: "The focus during this phase of preparation is on the physical aspect.

"Regardless of the result, these training matches are very similar to our international matches in terms of intensity and mileage."