CROSSES-TORTS: "PROOF OF CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY"
The crowd at the end of the game showed appreciation for the team's behavior and the fourth place that means Europe for the fourth consecutive season. It was also the night of farewells with the official goodbyes and tributes to Aliseda, Valenzuela, Macek, Przybylko, Babic and Arigoni before the kickoff whistle and the applause and [...]
A POINT WORTH EUROPE
Lugano finished the Super League championship in fourth place and won the right to participate in the Conference or Europa League preliminaries in July. The decisive point came at the end of a good performance against YB. Match in which Croci-Torti's team, in addition to scoring a goal, made [...]
FC Lugano says goodbye and thanks six players at end of contract
FC Lugano announces the termination of the working relationship with six members of the roster - whose contract expires on June 30, 2025 - who, in recent seasons, have contributed to the growth and success of the club. Special thanks go to Roman Macek, Czech midfielder born in 1997, who wore the jersey [...]
VALUABLE POINT WON IN LAUSANNE
Perhaps the most important point of the season the one Lugano won Sunday afternoon in Lausanne, in the second away game in three days in the land of Romandy. After recovering the Vaudois' early lead, Croci-Torti's boys calmly controlled and brought home the draw. In the standings, with one day left [...]
LUGANO ALSO WITHOUT LUCK IN GENEVA
Another lucky game for Lugano, which returned from Geneva without points, with four goals to its credit (an own goal and a penalty) and especially with four balls that were well kicked into the net but did not go in due to miraculous interventions by the opponent's goalkeeper or saves on the line. ONE AUTOGOL PER PART The balance reigned throughout [...]
SHAQIRI SHOW TO BEAT LUGANO
On the eve of the match, HCL coach Mattia Croci-Torti had called Shaqiri unfailing and a player who always makes a difference. On the field, the prediction punctually came true. After a balanced first half, indeed with Lugano coming out on top, King Xherdan took the throne and practically single-handedly dragged his team to the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
