SCB defender Loeffel regrets after derby: ‘What I did could be dangerous’

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Almost every time something spectacular happens that evening, Bern’s Romain Loeffel is involved. The Nati defender’s first much-discussed appearance came in the 34th minute. Christoph Bertschy runs alone towards SCB goalkeeper Adam Reideborn. He is chased by Romain Loeffel, who checks him in the back to stop the action. Everyone expects a two-minute penalty or a penalty kick, but the referees do not punish the action. “To be honest, I was surprised,” Loeffel admitted after the match.

“I would like to apologize to Christoph, because what I did could have been dangerous at full speed,” Loeffel says contritely. “I knew he was faster than me and did what I could. But I am not the one who makes the decisions.” In this case, the referees Hürlimann and Piechaczek undoubtedly acted incorrectly.

Suddenly he sees the crowd cheering

Less than three minutes later, Loeffel attracts attention with a successful action. It is he who opens the score that evening with, in his own words, the “most unexpected” goal of his career.

In the 37th minute he tried to play a long pass from his own defensive area to one of his attackers. His attempt is deflected by the stick of Friborg player Dominik Binias and then the puck flies in an arc through the air towards the Gottéron goal. “I lost sight of the puck and noticed that goalkeeper Reto Berra in his goal also had no idea where the puck was,” said the Neuchâtel resident. “When I suddenly saw the crowd cheering, I thought, ‘Oh, damn!'”

Father-in-law statistics

The most special thing about this story? This incredible goal against his Nati colleague Berra is Romain Loeffel’s 100th in the National League. “My father-in-law pointed out these statistics to me before the match,” the defender laughs. “If it really was the hundredth goal, then I will remember it for a while.” Our assessment shows that the defender’s father-in-law is a very good statistician and is absolutely right.

You only score a goal like that once in your life, right? “I had already scored a goal from my own zone during my time at Servette. But then my goal was to shoot at the goalkeeper,” he explains. This time in the Zähringer Derby it looked more like a shining star falling from the sky. And leaves both Loeffel and Berra in disbelief.

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Source : Blick