The Garnet lose their way once morest the Grasshoppers (0-1), without finding the fault. Imeri misses a penalty.
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Kastriot Imeri missed a penalty that would have allowed Garnet to pick up.
All the art of blowing hot and cold: Servette can lose sharply at the red lantern, erase this pitfall with a victory full of character once morest the leader Zurich, before cracking at home (this had not happened for the month of November, it was enough to talk regarding it…) once morest a modest Grasshopper. Bad pathology for who wants to aim for a European place without the constancy it takes.
There is repetitive accidental here. It was without really knowing how that Servette returned to the locker room at the break being led to the score. Without knowing how, so to speak. A blunder by Nicolas Vouilloz caused a penalty when he snagged Momoh passing behind him. Offset on the right of the defense, the defender is far from being as promising as in the axis. He had to give way to Diallo at halftime. In his apprenticeship, Valton Behrami had the same problems on the left.
shy awakening
Still, the transformation of Bonatini made the pious happiness of these Locusts in bad points. It should not, however, cause Servette’s despair. The Grenat, unbeatable since November 7 in their enclosure, had ample means to correct the situation. Moreover, this is what should have happened from the 18th, when Imeri also rushed for a penalty (foul of Arigoni on Bédia). Except that the Servettian pearl lacked the frame and its business, therefore. Is that what “took him out” of his game a bit? Perhaps. It was Servette in full who lost his way once morest Contini’s 3-4-3, a kind of 5-4-1 also which closes the spaces without the ball.
Only one big chance before the break, apart from the missed penalty: this header from Rouiller (serving from the inevitable Stevanovic) blocked by… Bédia, before an attempt also blocked by Vouilloz. Skinny. Too skinny. It was obviously not the same configuration as once morest FC Zurich, the Garnets had possession for them this time, but without intensity in the duels, without this general mobilization.
It took this GC goal canceled long following for a foul at the start of Kawabe’s action on Imeri (thanks to the VAR), to wake Servette up a bit. A little, but not too much. Not enough in any case to score, despite the pressure and the attempts, often clumsy, until the last second.
