FC LUCERNE - FC LUGANO COUNTDOWN
For the second year, the Swiss champion title and the other places in the European Cups will be awarded at the end of a final round of five matches each. While five more days will decide the team relegated to the Challenge League and the one that will play a play-off against the second in the cadet league. MAY [...]
LAUSANNE'S HUNGER GETS THE BETTER OF THEM
The greater motivation of Lausanne, which absolutely had to win the three points in order to hope to enter the title round, got the better of Lugano, which had already qualified. The Vaudois, who went ahead with two goals in the first half, also galvanized by the news coming out of Bern that Zurich had succumbed, defended [...]
A POINT WORTH THE TITLE ROUND
With one day to go, Lugano is among the teams mathematically certain to contest the penalty shootout for the title. Drawing with St. Gallen on Sunday, the HCLers climbed to 49 in the standings and can no longer be joined by teams currently below the line. FEW SUCCESSES IN THE FIRST HALF The first half [...]
HIGH-TENSION CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE
Overcoming Lugano 2-0, Basel is the only one of the leading teams to have profited from day number 31 of the Super League championship. In addition to the bianconeri, not even Servette and Lucerne did not win any points while YB and Zurich drew despite suffering until the end. SIX BATTLING FOR FOUR PLACES IN [...]
"OUT OF THE CONFERENCE FOR A LESS SERIOUS FOUL."
If the nearly 30,000 Basel fans dragged their team especially in the second half, the numerous fans following Lugano were vocal and even at the end applauded their favorites who played a very generous match. RED FOR ALL OBSERVERS To cause discussion after the game is [...]
BASILEA ON THE COUNTERATTACK ON LUGANO
Despite suffering for a long time against a courageous but usually somewhat sterile Lugano in front, the leading team Basel managed to win and lengthen its pace in the standings given the results of its direct competitors. The Bianconeri's performance at St. Jakob was positive for long stretches but also unlucky, see the missed intervention [...]
Countdown of FC Basel - FC LUGANO
The midweek matches spread over three days further fueled interest and suspense around the row that will divide the six teams participating in the title round from those who will play for a stay in Super League. SUNDAY (4:30 p.m.) at ST. JAKOB When the end of the regular season is only three days away the [...]
LUGANO STRONGER THAN BISE AND WITH UNUSUAL NUMBERS
The weather alert issued for Tuesday over the western Vaud Jura region, of which Yverdon is a part, was no April Fools' joke. The gusts of "bise" reached 70 kilometers per hour at times and undoubtedly affected the match between the local team and Lugano as well. POSSESSION AND PASSAGES AT LEAST The bianconeri had [...]
IN YVERDON MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
"We need to take the lead and come back with the three points," coach Mattia Croci-Torti had declared on the eve of the match. And the team executed the task. With one goal per half, Lugano beat Yverdon and relaunched itself after the home defeat against Servette. An important and not a foregone conclusion: Yverdon in 2025 will not [...]
SERVETTE MOVES ON TO CORNAREDO
On the day against hate and discrimination called by the SFL, Servette confirmed a certain recent favorable tradition in direct clashes with Lugano. On a very windy evening Häberli's players won with one goal per half. In the first 45′ to tell the truth, the Ticinese should have been ahead [...]
