Pure drama in the Cornaredo: Despite being outnumbered for 30 minutes, FC St.Gallen also wiped out Lugano
A lightning start with a goal from Kwadwo Duah and a penalty from Lukas Görtler deep in stoppage time: FC St.Gallen defeated their Lugano curse and won 2-0 in Ticino. He doesn’t let himself be deterred by a red card addressed to Jordi Quintillà.
The goal scorer’s celebration: Lukas Görtler following converting the penalty to 2-0.
Four games, ten points, 15:5 goals: That is FC St.Gallen’s spectacular record in the second half of the season so far. A 5:1 once morest Lausanne and Servette and a 3:3 once morest YB was followed by the Espen on Saturday evening with a 2:0 away win in the Cornaredo.
It was Kwadwo Duah who opened the scoring following five minutes with his fifth goal of the second half of the season. After a wonderful pass from Guillemenot in depth, St.Gallen’s current top scorer Lugano goalie Amir Saipi left no chance of defense with a powerful shot. As a result, the guests controlled the action completely until the 20th minute. After that, the Ticino came up a bit, but the goal of St.Gallen goalkeeper Zigi was not in serious danger until the break.
VAR intervention and red for Quintillà
After 60 minutes, St.Gallen’s Spaniard Jordi Quintillà saw the red card following a hard challenge. Referee Stefan Horisberger initially showed him yellow, but he corrected his decision following studying the video images. As a result, the Ticino ran increasingly desperate and almost equalized just before the final whistle. St.Gallen’s Zigi saved miraculously. Deep in stoppage time, Lukas Görtler saved the Espen with a goal from the penalty spot following a counterattack. The St.Gallen team was able to end a series of seven games without a win once morest the Ticino team.
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