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Record on Frei's mind

Reuters, Basel
Captain Alex Frei said on Tuesday he was aiming to become Switzerland's all-time highest goalscorer before the start of Euro 2008.
Frei, 28, moved to within two goals of equalling Kubilay Tuerkyilmaz’s tally of 34 goals for Switzerland when he scored a penalty against Colombia in March 2007.
Hip and calf operations then put the Borussia Dortmund striker's international career on hold for a year. He is expected to return to Switzerland’s starting line-up for a friendly against Germany in his home city of Basel on Wednesday.
"Now that I'm on 32 goals, I'm certainly not running around all day thinking about what it will be like when I break the record.” Frei said. "But the nearer I get to it the
more 1 get that feeling of being close to a place in Swiss football history.
"For me personally it would be an advantage if I could break the record before Euro 2008 starts because that would take off some of the pressure.
"There will be pressure for all of us at the tournament anyway, but breaking the record would mean ending the pressure of finding the answer to the question of when exactly I will do it."
Adding extra significance to Frei’s record bid are the links between him and Tuerkyilmaz. At the age of 15, Frei was in the crowd at Wembley when Tuerkyilmaz stunned England with a penalty equaliser in the opening game of Euro 96.
Five years later they were team mates at FC Lucerne.
"I have-nevar spoken to him about th rreroref itself bur whar I have told him is how grateful I am for the start he gave me at Lucerne,
all the tips I got and how as a 20-year-old I was just able to watch and learn from him.
"I also know that he is very happy and flattered that I’m the one who could break his record some time soon."
Following the game against Germany, Frei will have two further opportunities to add to his haul before Euro 2008 with Switzerland due to host Slovakia and Liechtenstein as part of their final preparations for the June tournament.
The Swiss, who are co-hosting Euro 2008 with neighbouring Austria, will play all three of their group games in Basel against the Czech Republic, Turkey and Portugal.
"The game against Germany will be very important for the team because it will be so similar to our -first group match- against the-Czechs - - w’e’U be playing in Basel in front of a sell-out crowd, and against world class opposition."