Favorite dying in the Swiss Cup: Young Boys Bern, FC Basel and FC Zurich around Akaki Gogia are eliminated!
Was that going on in Switzerland? The Young Boys Bern, FC Basel and FC Zurich around Akaki Gogia have all been eliminated from the cup competition.
Switzerland – Was the war going on? In the Swiss Cup, three favorites were eliminated in the round of 16! The Young Boys Bern, FC Basel and also FC Zurich around Akaki Gogia all surprising.
The FCZ was eliminated from the second division penultimate Yverdon-Sport FC with 12:13 after penalties as close and unfortunate as possible.
The game swayed back and forth, the home side took the lead, Zurich equalized and had to go into extra time, where the underdog again presented, but the former second division defender Marc Hornschuh (formerly FC St. Pauli) ensured in the 104th minute the tie again.
Gogia was replaced by the German coach Andre Breitenreiter after the first half when the score was 0: 1 and then had to watch from outside while his teammate lost the cup fight after a true penalty thriller.
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Now the third place in the Super League can concentrate on the league and use his current excellent starting position to move into the European competition in the coming year.
With seven points ahead of fourth place and local rivals Grashoppers Zurich, the chances are good.
The two teams that are ahead of the FCZ in the ranking also got hit. Top runners Basel lost sensationally at third division eleventh Etoile Carouge FC with 0: 1, because the team of captain Valentin Stocker (formerly Hertha BSC) did not use their chances and defended once inattentive in a standard.
In addition, Etoile threw, bought the long-time serial champion from the cutting edge and overcame the German U20 national goalkeeper Felix Gebhardt once all.
Despite a few changes, this was not to be expected because Basel is finally playing a really strong round again, has scored 25 points from eleven league games and also leads Group H in the Europa Conference League with seven points from three matches. After all, the Swiss FCB is still dancing at two competitions and has a very good starting position in both.
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The Young Boys, on the other hand, played away first division competitor FC Lugano, documents here just 1: 2 and at short notice the early injury of regular goalkeeper David van Ballmoos (14th minute), who had previously saved a penalty (10th). The team of ex-Schalke coach David Wagner was also defeated in the Super League fifth because they hit the post twice, scored an offside goal and twice failed to pay attention.
For the BSC this is a sporting setback, but not a big deal. Instead, you can now stalk your way closer to Basel in the league because you still have a game to catch up and are only four points behind your opponent. Even in the Champions League group F, with three points from three matches, you still have the chance to overwinter in Europe.
However, this will be a difficult task due to the opponents Manchester United, Atalanta Bergamo and Villarreal CF.