Before a press conference, Crnogorcevic first checks to see if the press secretary is sitting comfortably. Then she smiles at everyone around. The 32-year-old man eloquently answers questions on a variety of topics. She cheerfully answers critical questions. She gives the local journalist information in brilliant English.

“I can adapt quickly,” Crnogorcevic says when asked about her new playing position in midfield. She played in central midfield for the first time against Poland earlier in the year. Halfway through the game, in the second half, coach Inka Grings told her, “You’re now in eighth.” Very professional, she briefly thought “okay” and played in position. Even if this is one of the most difficult positions for her, as Tsrnogorcevic says. For them, it was “worth its weight in gold,” Grings Tsrnogorchevich praised at a press conference before the first performance at the World Championships.

Turn used in the square

It helps that she has already played many positions,” says the Bernese Oberland native. Crnogorcevic made her debut for the Swiss national team in 2009. In her first match against Sweden, she played on the right wing. A good month later, she played as a left winger, and a month later she returned to the field as a center forward.

What would be your preferred position? “It’s hard,” she says, and thinks about it. Ultimately, it also depends on the opponents and the team. “Barcelona’s outside defense is a lot of fun.” There she has the freedom to “go forward through the inside, the outside, through the middle.” The speed of this enumeration highlights their enthusiasm.

origin in attack

In the national team, she would line up in a storm. “I played there as a kid,” she says. Crnogorcevic began playing football for Steffisburg in 2001 when he was eleven. Eight years later, the composition of the Swiss national team appeared. At the beginning of her career in the Swiss team, a native of the Bernese Oberland played for the Thun football club. Shortly thereafter, she went to Hamburger SV in northern Germany. About three years later, in 2011, she moved to Frankfurt Eintracht. In 2015 she won the Champions League with Frankfurt.

Tsrnogorchevich played in the city on the Main for a good seven years before moving beyond the pond. For about two years, she was associated with the Portland Thorns football club in the United States. Since 2020 he has been playing for Barcelona. Twice won the Champions League with the Spanish national team. Crnogorcevic wrote the history of football, according to a portrait of a club player.

Unscathed until EM

It remains to be seen if she will go down in football history at the World Cup in Dunedin. For the experienced Crnogorcevic, the World Championship is one percent higher than the European Championship. “This is the limit for every national player, and of course for me too.”

Her plans for the future depend on the determining factor of health. By 2025, she hopes to play without injury. EM in front of the home crowd is her clear target.

First you need to prove yourself in the World Cup. Whether it’s in front or in a different position, it doesn’t seem too important to her. “If I don’t score a single goal, that’s stupid too,” says Tsrnogorcevic and laughs. Self-confidence sounds different.