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From 1992 to 1997, Christian Constantin (66) was already chairman of FC Sion, which he made champions during this time, which made him dream of the Champions League. After this failed spin, the club sank into financial chaos until they were relegated in 1999. By the way, along with YB…
In the following years without CC there is a risk of a total financial collapse. At the last minute, the architect from Martinach saved the club, which had been run into the wall by the Cameroonian brewer Gilbert Kadji, from bankruptcy and returned. Nevertheless, the club is forced to relegate to the 1th class. CC fights it all the way to federal court – and wins. Sion starts the NLB season in October three months late.
Clausen doesn’t want to be disturbed
Three years later, the club managed to return to the upper house. At the same time, he becomes the first all-time cup winner from the lower league; and remains so to this day! Former world champion Nestor Clausen is hired as coach and sensationally leads the team to the top.
Until the Argentinian, originally from Wallis, gives up the charm during the break of a cup match because he no longer likes the fact that CC constantly talks him into formation and tactics. After three changes of coach, FC Sion finished the season in a fantastic third place and is European. Today CC can only dream of it!
Showing strength with Fifa = 36 points deducted
In 2009, FIFA imposed a one-year transfer ban on FC Sion because the club signed Egyptian national goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, even though Essam El-Hadary still had a valid contract with Al-Ahly. CC ignores the ban as if it doesn’t exist and takes legal action. This brings him worldwide attention. He was invited to a panel in Madrid by the renowned Spanish sports newspaper “AS” and “L’Equipe” devoted an entire page to him.
But the procedures take a long time. Sion repeatedly achieves partial success and FIFA even threatens to exclude all Swiss clubs from the European Cup after the two games against Celtic Glagow were scored 0-3 and Sion was eliminated from the UEFA Cup. At the end of 2011, the SFV deducted 36 points from the Valais! Only thanks to the bankruptcy of competitor Xamax, Sion is a barragist and manages to stay in the competition against Aarau. The coach for two games: Vladimir Petkovic …
Thanks to Blick Fondue’s reconciliation with Fringer
CC made the biggest dropout in 2017 when he kicked and punched former national coach and current TV pundit Rolf Fringer in Lugano. Blick demands a lifetime ban for the brawler. He was suspended for 14 months and fined 100,000 francs. The ban and fine are then reduced to nine months or CHF 30,000. At the end of the year, the fighters reconcile thanks to Blick and arrange the hatchet over a fondue.
«Bet cheat» Serey Die
Time and time again CC gets players who feel unfairly treated:
- In May 2013, after losing 4–0 to GC, Xavier Margairaz called the president a shit, wanted to get his hands on him in the Tourbillon grandstand and had to be withdrawn.
- Seydou Doumbia and Johan Djourou fire CC without notice as they are unwilling to accept a drastic pay cut within hours at the onset of the 2020 pandemic.
- Serey Die, one of his most loyal warriors, publicly denounced CC as a bet cheater and said the Ivorian was the ideal player for match fixing. Serey defends himself with a media conference in the club’s press room. Crazy!
- Geoffrey Bia goes for CC’s throat in the locker room. Dimitri Cavaré is said to have done the same in the ominous 5-0 break in Geneva three weeks ago after being badly offended by CC.
The big names: From Rino to Balo
Conversely, CC keeps bringing big names to Wallis. World champion Gennaro Gattuso first as a player, then as a coach. Or European champion Teofanis Gekas. And now Mario Balotelli. Gekas scores at least 13 goals in 30 matches. The Italians, on the other hand, bring nothing. For his part, the Belgian Emile Mpenza scored no less than 21 goals in 31 games.
CC has been winning titles regularly for a long time. In his first phase of office he won the cup three times and became champion twice. Once this happens in double form. In his second era he won the cup four times. But then Sion loses his first final at the 14th attempt: 0:3 against Basel. As a result, he sends almost his entire team, which has been labeled a failure, into the desert because they would have tarnished the honor of Wallis with a cup final defeat. Coach Peter Zeidler had to leave just before the final, although Sion was in third place. This pointless dismissal was at the root of the creeper that followed. Sion has to defend itself six times against relegation / jump-off until the last round. The sixth time is one too many.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
