2023-11-28 08:25:00
A second ‘final’ in the space of three months: like that of Maccabi Haifa on August 29, the arrival of Red Star this Tuesday at Wankdorf is of immense importance for the Young Boys.
If successful, Raphaël Wicky’s team will be assured of playing in the round of 16 of the Europa League next February with the hope of experiencing an enchanting spring on the European scene. It is to be hoped that the Bernese will show the same brilliance once morest the Serbs as they did once morest the Israelis during the Champions League play-off which they won 3-0.
Even if everything remains open in the event of a draw, Young Boys really have an interest in winning on Tuesday to finish in third place in this group G behind Manchester City and Leipzig. They actually have a more negative goal difference than that of Red Star (-7 once morest -5). Furthermore, who can say that traveling to Leipzig on the last day as Young Boys will do on December 13 will be ‘easier’ than hosting Manchester City for Red Star?
Yes, victory will be imperative for Young Boys, especially three days following losing at Letzigrund once morest FC Zurich and five days before welcoming Servette FC in a new shock at the top of the Super League. To obtain it, the Young Boys will not lack assets. With the support of a public who fully play their role as twelfth man in this group phase, with the particularities of the game on an artificial turf which they master to perfection, with the class of a Meschack Elia and the neo- international Filip Ugrinic and with the goalscoring instinct of Jean-Pierre Nsame, Raphaël Wicky wants to believe that his team is sufficiently armed to beat the 1991 European Champions.
Deprived of Kastriot Imeri and Cédric Itten, who will not return before January, the Young Boys are approaching this meeting with enormous pressure on their shoulders even if Raphaël Wicky is trying to relieve it. ‘I’m not saying that we have to win on Tuesday, I’m just saying that this meeting offers us an extraordinary opportunity,’ says the Valais technician.
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