16.05.24 YB – St Gallen 3:1 (0:1)
The host fell behind early, however turned the sport round: Meschack Elia and Cedric Itten (2) scored the targets for a deserved 3-1 victory. With two rounds to go, YB are six factors forward of Lugano – and a significantly better objective distinction than the Ticino aspect.
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“We need to make our viewers glad,” says Joël Magnin, figuring out full properly that the assist of Winterthur in Lugano can also be wanted for excellent feelings this Thursday night. St. Gallen is the opponent preventing an extended shedding streak: the final win in Bern in opposition to YB dates again to March 20, 2005.
Japanese Switzerland made a greater begin with the rain. Lower than three minutes they performed to take the lead: After a cross from Chadrac Akolo, Jovan Milosevic pushes the ball over the objective line to make it 1-0.
YB tries to react rapidly and takes the sport dictation. However Silvere Ganvoula (seventh), Jaouen Hadjam (twenty ninth), Kastriot Imeri (thirty second), Darian Males (thirty fifth) and Sandro Lauper (forty fifth) missed the equalizer earlier than the break.
However as quickly because the second half began, the rating was 1-1. Central defender Aurèle Amenda seems on the appropriate wing and Meschack Elia heads his cross. That is the ninth league objective of the present season for the striker from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The hosts now improve the stress, push with dedication for the second objective – and reward themselves for the trouble. Lewin Blum kicked a nook from the appropriate within the 71st minute and Cedric Itten discovered it. The substitute striker makes use of the right help together with his head to make it 2-1. That causes cheers and reduction, though there are indicators that there’ll in all probability be no championship social gathering as Lugano 0-1 is now 3-1 in opposition to Winterthur.
Issues did not get difficult for the champions till shortly earlier than the top when Lukas Görtler introduced the ball into the center and Bastien Toma had two nice possibilities. First, Saidy Janko saves on the road, and Mohamed Ali managed to dam Camara’s path on the follow-up shot. In entrance of 30,084 spectators, Itten lastly scores the ultimate level. He completed off a counter-attack by means of Elia and Ganvoula to make it 3-1 – his objective quantity 10 of the season.
With this undoubtedly deserved victory, the folks of Bern are taking an enormous step in direction of their seventeenth championship title. There are nonetheless two rounds left and the lead on the prime of the desk is six factors over FC Lugano, who beat Winterthur 4-2. As well as, the objective distinction is significantly better in comparison with the southern Swiss workforce. “It is a unusual factor,” says Lewin Blum, “we managed to attain a superb end result, however the title continues to be not definitive. Sadly.”
YB proceed on Whit Monday with the away sport at Servette. Kick-off on the Stade de Genève might be at 6.00 in On the identical time, Lugano meets FC Zurich away. The season finale takes place 5 days later with YB’s dwelling sport in opposition to Winterthur (8:30 pm).
Nice pals after the ultimate whistle with double scorer Itten and his teammates. (Picture: Thomas Hodel)
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