Captain Reto Ziegler reveals the Valais recipe for success: Sion is inspired by Bavaria and Girona

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No, no, reassures Reto Ziegler (38), the captain of Challenge League leader Sion. You don’t think you’re as good as FC Bayern, nor do you compare yourself to Munich. “On the contrary,” said de Vaudois. “The star is the team.” And the pseudo-stars of the past (relegation) season have disappeared.

But what about Bayern Munich? Well, FC Sion’s video team has put together a film on the topic “How to surpass a deep team?” Starring: FC Bayern. “It was an issue we had to deal with for the entire first half of the season,” Ziegler said. Things won’t be much different in the spring. “As a team that needs to be beaten, that’s normal. It doesn’t bother me either. On the contrary, it is an exciting challenge.”

Movement, speed and precision

And Sion always arranges it well. At the start of the second half of the season there was first a 4-1 win over Wil, then a 2-0 win against Aarau. And yet it is often difficult to crack deep opponents. It is certainly useful to gain inspiration from Leroy Sané or Harry Kane.

What are the solutions? Ziegler: “It requires a lot of movement, speed and – because there are often five to six players on one line – maximum precision.” Ziegler and his teammates also enjoyed upper-level object lessons during training camp. And live! During the match between Girona, number two in La Liga, and Rayo Vallecano. “That was also very educational, since Girona almost never found solutions against the compact Vallecano block. But through constant movement, the Girona players finally succeeded.”

Sion’s defense is solid

Cracking deep blocks is actually Sion’s only problem this season. Because the defense is solid. With fourteen goals they clearly have the best defense in the competition. FC Thun, which has only two points less, has conceded eight more goals as the second best team in this area. Only in the home match against the same Thun did Sion suffer shipwreck in the last fifteen minutes and lost 2:3 after a 2-0 lead. Otherwise, the question of who gets promoted immediately would probably already be practically resolved. The quartet Hefti, Ziegler, Schmied and Lavanchy harmonize excellently. And behind him is an excellent goalkeeper in Tim Fayulu.

Is Djomic coming now?

But fair: with 36 goals, Sion scored less than Thun and even less than third-bottom Vaduz. First of all, FC Bayern and Girona must provide lighting as sources of inspiration. Secondly, the tireless work in front of the opponent’s goal by former star striker Didier Tholot (Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux, Basel, YB, Sion). And thirdly, Dejan Djokic (23), from Vaduz. It is certain that the Swiss-Bosnian will be transfer-free from the summer and has signed for FC Sion for three years. But CC wants him immediately. Negotiations are ongoing. A matter of money.

Zion is on the right track. Six goals is a good number. The inspiration from Bavaria and Girona is starting to pay off. And if Djoić comes along, who scored nine times in twenty games for FC Vaduz, then things will be very good.

Source : Blick