Swiss skipper Frei shrugs off jeers and sneers

The Swiss captain, who will lead his team in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier at home to England on Tuesday, has scored 40 goals in 78 games but the last of those was one year ago in a World Cup qualifier away to Latvia.

He failed to hit the target during the World Cup, when he was troubled by an ankle injury, and missed a penalty in Friday's goalless game which earned Frei a chorus of whistles from the crowd in St Gallen.

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