Fans can’t help – that’s what Cabral should judge – FC Basel
FC Basel touring in Geneva and Bern / Petretta to Italy ?.
(-di). The footballers of FC Basel Wann & for the time being renounce the loud support of the “number 12” at away games. In a “very tense epidemiological situation”, the Swiss Football League decided “as a first measure” not to allow any more visiting fans in the stadiums until the end of the year. For the Bebbi, the Super League game at Servette Geneva on Sunday (4.30 p.m.) and the catch-up game with the Bernese Young Boys next Wednesday.
The match of the runner-up (currently second place) with the champions (fourth place) is a political issue. The Bernese authorities wanted to cancel the duel, which was postponed because of a construction site at the Wankdorf S-Bahn station, after the Muttenzer curve, the largest Basel fan organization, had called for a march to the stadium for the catch-up date. With the closure of the guest sector, a renewed veto was initially unnecessary. In the meantime: “Now we get revenge – alli uff Bärn” is the call for fans for a meeting in Bern’s old town six and a half hours before the game.
In terms of sport, the Basel team did not manage to use a weak period of the Young Boys to more than a five-point cushion. The 1-1 draw against Kellerkind Lausanne last Sunday was the sixth draw – and it showed how important Arthur Cabral is. The Brazilian, who had scored 14 goals in 14 league games by then, was “the red-and-blue chance death for once” (Basler Zeitung), and FCB’s efficiency was already lacking.
In Geneva (sixth), Raoul Petretta, the left-back, is missing a yellow card. The Italian based in Rheinfelden, who recently fought his way back to the starting line-up, is toying with a move to Serie A, as he revealed to Calciomercato. The contract with FCB runs until June 2022.