The headline in SonntagsBlick Sport reads: “Lia hier, Lia da, Lia überall.” It is not metaphorical; Switzerland’s Lia Wälti is literally here, there and everywhere. The largest stadium is the 38,512-capacity home of Basel, St Jakob-Park, where the opening game and final are being played. However, if the group stage has set the tone, this tournament will be looked on as a roaring success. The group stage attendance record has been broken, with 461,582 fans piling in, and more records are set to tumble. A sense of jeopardy, the feeling that no team are infallible, aids the drive to increase interest.
