“FC Luzern Secures European Spot with 2-1 Victory Over FC Sion – Joker Chader Leads the Way”

2023-05-25 20:23:04

Football

Thanks to Joker Chader: Luzern beats Sion 2-1 and will play in Europe next season

FC Luzern showed morale following going behind and won an away win at FC Sion. FC Sion also sees a red card.

FC Sion : FC Lucerne 1: 2 (1: 0)

The FCL starting lineup

Vaso Vasic starts once more in goal for the injured Marius Müller and Pascal Loretz. Ruben Dantas Fernandes makes his Super League debut:

Image: Martin Meienberger / Freshfocus

Max Meyer leads the team as captain that evening as Ardon Jashari has to serve a ban.

The goals

15. Minute: After a controversial VAR decision, Sion-Captain resigns Anto Grgic to the penalty and scored the opening goal for the Valais.

Anto Grgic makes it 1-0 for Sion with a penalty.

Anto Grgic makes it 1-0 for Sion with a penalty.

Bild: Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone (Sion, 25. 5. 2023)

52. Minute: FC Sion cannot clear the ball from their own penalty area. Pascal Schürpf profits and sinks to 1:1.

Sofyan Chader celebrates his goal to make it 2-1.

Sofyan Chader celebrates his goal to make it 2-1.

Bild: Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone (Sion, 25. 5. 2023)

75. Minute: A cross from Pius Dorn lands Sofian Chader. The Sion defenders are far away from the striker and Chader only has to push in to make it 2-1.

match report

Because of the riots at the home game once morest FC St.Gallen, the guest sector in Sion is known to remain closed today. Despite the repression, around 150 people from Lucerne came to the stadium. The fans are divided up in approximately the same ratio over three grandstands. But the ultras are also missing in the Sion sector at the start of the game. Out of solidarity, they also boycott the game for the first ten minutes. “Contre les sanctions collectives” can be read on a large banner behind the gate.

Ruben Dantas Fernandes made his Super League debut  once morest FC Sion.

Ruben Dantas Fernandes made his Super League debut once morest FC Sion.

Image: Martin Meienberger / freshfocus (Sion, May 25, 2023)

The game, on the other hand, starts rather flat. Referee Urs Schnyder receives a radio from VAR in the 13th minute and runs to the screen. In a previous scene, Dantas Fernandes hit the ball from behind in the penalty area from a very short distance. Dantas Fernandes is not to blame in this scene. The decision to whistle for a penalty seems questionable. Anto Grgic then made it 1-0 for Sion from the penalty spot.

After the opening goal of the hosts, the FCL is the more active team, but finds it difficult to create chances. FC Sion is limited to the counterattack. The fans at the Stade Tourbillon are not offered an attractive game during the first 40 minutes. But Severin Ottiger offers a magic piece. The young full-back from Eich played a solo across almost the entire pitch before the break and left the Valais team standing in rows – he was only denied by goalie Alexandro Safarikas.

FCL defender Marco Burch in an intense duel with Baltazar Costa.

FCL defender Marco Burch in an intense duel with Baltazar Costa.

Bild: Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone (Sion, 25. 5. 2023)

In the second half, the FCL comes onto the field with a changed eleven. Dantas Fernandes no longer steps on the lawn. Sofyan Chader comes on for the promising talent. The equalizer should have come in the 50th minute, but Lars Villiger hit the ball in front of the goal. But only a minute later the redeeming jubilation: Pascal Schürpf equalized.

It’s all regarding winning for Mario Frick today. In the 63rd minute he brought on Mo Dräger for Ottiger. Dräger takes on an offensive role in midfield. A little later, Sion player Denis-Will Poha sees the red card following a VAR intervention for a foul on Martin Frydek. The FCL is now playing in numerical superiority on the pitch. To mobilize new energies, Asumah Abubakar replaces Villiger.

Referee Urs Schnyder shows Denis-Will Poha from Valais the red card.

Referee Urs Schnyder shows Denis-Will Poha from Valais the red card.

Image: Martin Meienberger / Freshfocus (Sion, May 25, 2023)

Lucerne’s offensive efforts are bearing fruit. In the 75th minute, Pius Dorn hits a cross that lands at Chader. The Sion defenders are too far away from the French, who only have to push in. Ten minutes before the end, Ismaijl Beka has to leave the field. Luca Jaquez comes in for him.

Shortly before the end, the hosts put pressure on the Lucerne goal once more. The guests from Central Switzerland, however, hold once morest it and defend the sixteen consistently. The FCL secures three points once morest Sion and thus has fourth place for sure and plays European.

That says FCL trainer Mario Frick

“We earned those three points today.”

“It’s nice to be able to play in Europe next season.”

Mario Frick following the game.

Video: PilatusToday

FCL reactions

Pascal Schürpf on the game.

Video: PilatusToday

Pius Dorn to the game

Video: PilatusToday

FCL Notes

Pascal Schürpf is the best – none is insufficient: The FCL grades once morest Sion

Daniel Wyrsch, Sion

Die Fans

Despite the closed guest sector, 150 people from Lucerne travel to Sion and behave peacefully

Silvio Frei

The pictures

The FCL players celebrate following the game

Photo: Jean-Christophe Bott / Keystone

telegram

Sion – Lucerne 1: 2 (1: 0)
tourbillon. – 5500 spectators. – SR Schnyder.
Tore: 15. Grgic (hand penalty) 1-0. 52. Draw 1:1. 75. Chader (thorn) 1:2.
Sion: Safarikas; Lavanchy, Saintini, Ziegler, Iapichino; Grgic; Itaitinga (24. Sio), Poha, Coast, Bua (67. Halabaku) ; Chouaref (82. Charles).
Lucerne: Vasic; Ottiger (62. Dräger), Burch, Beka (81. Jaquez), Ruben Dantas Fernandes (46. Chader); Frydek, Beloko; Dorn, Max Meyer, Schürpf; Villiger (72. Abubakar).
Remarks: Sion without Araz (suspended), Balotelli, Cavaré, Cyprien, Diouf, Fickentscher, Moubandje, Schmied, Zagré (all injured) and Lindner (ill). Lucerne without Jashari, Simani (both suspended), Müller, Sorgic, Emini, Kadák, Klidjé, Leny Meyer, Campo, Diambou and Loretz (all injured). – 13th Intervention Video Assistant Referee: Hands from Dantas Fernandes for a penalty. – Red card: 66. Poha (assault once morest Frydek/VAR intervention). Warnings: 13th Max Meyer (complaining), 45th Beloko (foul).

outlook

FC Luzern will play Servette FC on Whit Monday (Swisspor Arena, 4.30 p.m.). A shift in rank is no longer possible: The FCL ends the 2022/2023 season in 4th place.

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The ticker to read

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Lucerne beats Sion 2:1 – the live ticker to read

outlook

The FCL is sure of fourth place and will play in Europe next season. For FC Luzern, the last game on Whit Monday is all regarding giving the fans a good end to the season.

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