Is the FCZ a candidate for the championship?: “If we keep playing like we did against YB, a lot is possible.”

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It doesn’t have much to do with the new mode, but the first season of the new twelve-player league is a blast at the top. With the 3-1 coup in a direct duel with YB, Zurich took its place on the league throne from the champion. But home power St. Gallen and the in-form Servette are also happy to be involved at the front.

Won’t defending the title be the expected breakthrough for YB? After losing the top match in Zurich, coach Raphael Wicky does not want to decide which rival is the most dangerous in the race for the title. Wicky: «This season is much more balanced. But it is still very early in the season. We have to look at ourselves.”

YB coach Wicky complains about his own mistakes

Because the match in Letzigrund showed: if YB doesn’t bring its horsepower to the floor and makes a whole series of mistakes, you travel to Bern as a loser. Wicky says: “It’s always about the same things. We made a lot of mistakes.”

Zurich returns to the top. Self-confidence is increasing at FCZ. The first defeat of the season against Servette turned out not to be the start of a crisis, but rather a misstep. Captain Yanick Brecher: “If we play 90 minutes in every match like we did today, we will win every match.”

Zurich returns to first place, even though YB is still in the lead in terms of points lost. But Brecher says: “We feel like leaders. YB has one game less, but they have to win first.”

This team knows what a championship run feels like

Almost advent and right at the top of the Super League – and with a team that was largely part of the championship season two years ago. The FCZ knows what a run feels like that could lead to a very big coup. In any case, Brecher says: “We have closed the gap again. If we can maintain this pace and keep playing like this, a lot is possible.”

But it is clear that no one in Zurich is putting their championship dream into concrete terms, even though they have just defeated YB convincingly. FCZ successful coach Bo Henriksen – undefeated for the fifth time since his arrival in Switzerland in the fifth match against YB – says: “It’s too early to talk about the championship. But we showed that we can play against the best and survive. But we are only interested in the next match.”

Source : Blick