The Switzerland national football team is intensively preparing for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Head coach Murat Yakin and his team are facing unexpected challenges. According to information from Bild, the team has been prohibited from cycling from the hotel to the training center due to acute danger from poisonous rattlesnakes. This situation forces the Swiss team to use the team bus instead to safely reach their training sessions. The distance from the Fairmont Hotel in San Diego, where Switzerland will set up its World Cup base, to the Jewish Academy is only about 7.2 kilometers. However, player safety is the top priority. Before the World Cup, Switzerland will play a friendly match against Jordan on May 31 in St. Gallen. The team will then travel from Zurich via Los Angeles to San Diego, where another friendly against Australia will take place on June 6. In the group stage of the World Cup, Switzerland will first face Qatar on June 13, followed by matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 18 and Canada on June 24.