Lucerne’s hope of directly staying in the league is still alive, even if it’s only small! After the 2-2 win once morest YB, the fan curve decides to take immediate action: cheer, cheer, encourage – for the showdown on Sunday.
Then the Barrage thriller will finally be decided. The Lucerne must win at champions FCZ. FC Sion, who dozed late to make it 2-1 in Lausanne on Thursday evening, are not allowed to score once morest Servette. Only then might the FCL move up to eighth place with a better goal difference.
Coach Mario Frick is supercharged ahead of this final chapter in the Barrage crime thriller! After the horror start once morest YB (0:2 following six minutes! », he is annoyed regarding « more personal mistakes than ever since I have been here ». But he becomes even more fiery when it comes to the long-distance duel with Sion on Sunday. He is neither a dreamer nor a smooth talker, but it is clear to him: “Anything is still possible. As long as that’s the case, we have to believe in it!”
“We will certainly not whine now”
When a question was asked at the press conference following the YB game regarding participating in the barrage, he reacted annoyed and made the fire speech: “For me, the glass is still half full. You can write that I am a permanent optimist. But I feel better this way. I want to go into the game once morest FCZ like this!”
The fact that Sion still managed to make it 2-1 via penalty following the late conceded 1-1 in Lausanne (82nd) is extremely bitter for FC Luzern. Instead of just one point behind the Valais, there are now three of them. And it just needs the Servette-Schützenhilfe. Frick tries not to get angry regarding the Sion lucky punch: “We will certainly not whine now. Nevertheless, we are traveling to Zurich in good spirits!»
Also very bitter for Central Switzerland: In this second half of the season, only Zurich (36) and St. Gallen (31) scored more points than the revived FCL (26). And yet the club is still worried regarding league membership. Crazy.
The disastrous preliminary round still weighs heavily…
