EURO 2008 INFO

Captain Alex Frei said on Tuesday he was aiming to become Switzerland's all-time highest goal-scorer 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 I 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."