Renato Steffen: Dream goal and unusual celebration.Image: keystone
FC Lugano announces its ambitions in the championship race. National player Renato Steffen shone in the 2-0 win against FC Basel – and he caused a stir with his goal celebration.
03.04.2024, 10:5503.04.2024, 14:39
A high ball in the Basel penalty area. Renato Steffen rushes up. He shoots with his left hand from 15 meters – and scores a wonderful volley to make it 2-0.
In the 69th minute, this goal against harmless Basel players was the preliminary decision. Steffen, who once played for FCB himself, celebrates his goal by imitating a telephone conversation with his right hand and then symbolically chopping off both of his hands.
The Steffen goal and the celebration are worth seeing.Video: SRF
“This goal celebration had to be a bit,” said Lugano’s match winner after the final whistle on “Blue Sport”. For what reason? Steffen was evasive in the interview. The reason is clear: David Degen.
Degen’s extra motivation for Steffen
The president of FC Basel recently expressed his clear opinion in a podcast when Steffen’s possible return to FCB was the topic. “We couldn’t do it financially,” revealed Degen. And he further said in relation to Steffen’s allegedly very high salary in Lugano that Basel would never offer that much: “What Steffen gets in Lugano? You would have had to chop off both of my hands so that I could pick up the pen and sign it.”
“That spurred me on even more,” admitted Renato Steffen. The 32-year-old had already prepared Lugano’s opening goal shortly before the break, and another ex-Basel player, Albian Hajdari, scored after his corner.
The summary of the game.Video: SRF
Suddenly in the title race
With the home win, FC Lugano announces its ambitions for the championship title. Finally, leader YB and their first pursuer Servette have weakened recently, while the Ticino team have won all of their last six league games. With one more game than the Young Boys, Lugano, who won the last of three championship titles in 1949, is still three points behind.
It was clear early on after the completely messed up autumn that FC Basel would have nothing to do with the championship title this season. Now the hope that Red-Blue will somehow make it to the final round has died.
FCB is nine points behind and has a poor goal difference – an impossible task with three games left. Rather, Basel is still fighting against Barrage-Platz after the defeat in Lugano. (R.A.M)
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FC Lugano achieved its sixth win in a row and will soon be seriously involved in the championship race. Renato Steffen managed to score points 16 and 17 this season in the 2-0 win against Basel.
A corner from Steffen made it 1-0 for former Basel junior Albian Hajdari shortly before half-time. With his header, the 20-year-old refined the eighth corner of the Ticino team, who were technically superior and clearly dominated the game in the first half. In the visitors’ best phase, Steffen made it 2-0 with a wonderful volley (69′).