Hot Super League round: Celestini luck in Basel and derby hopes in Zurich

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The SFL Player of the Year narrowly missed the African Cup of Nations final with the Democratic Republic of Congo. 0-1 against host country Ivory Coast, thanks to a goal from Dortmund star Sébastien Haller. Congo will play South Africa for third place on Saturday at 9 p.m. And the Bernese will probably miss Elia for the last time during their upcoming guest appearance in Lugano. A return to the squad for Thursday’s Europa League play-off match against Sporting Lisbon should certainly be possible.

The men at 6 p.m., the women at 8:30 p.m.: Two derbies in a row will take place for the first time on Saturday evening in the Letzigrund in Zurich. Anyone who buys tickets for the men’s match between FCZ and GC can then participate in the women’s derby for free. The aim of the campaign is to set a record number of spectators for the Women’s Super League. The previous record, 8,923 fans, was set last October in Wankdorf in Bern, between YB and GC, also after the men’s match.

FCB coach Fabio Celestini has recently had difficulty finding twenty healthy players for the match selection. The red-blue hospital has thinned out in recent days. Mohamed Dräger, Gabriel Sigua, Kevin Rüegg and Maurice Malone are available again for Sunday’s home match against St. Gallen – Andrin Hunziker, Sergio Lopez, Arnau Comas and Emanuel Essiam are still injured. The new signings Albian Ajeti and Dion Kacuri are not yet an option, both of whom must first get used to team training.

After three defeats in four games, three victories in a row have recently been achieved: no other team experiences as many highs and lows in mood as FC Luzern. Things are going well at the moment. With another trio at the weekend in Winterthur, the record of four league wins in a row in the Mario Frick era (since January 2022) would be set.

At the start of the week, it was reported in western Switzerland that newly promoted Stade Lausanne-Ouchy had not been paid their January wages. Now Vice President Serge Duperret is counter-attacking Blick: “Everything that came out this week is wrong. At SLO, salaries are always paid between the 6th and the 8th. Our sports director Hiraç Yagan was busy at the beginning of this week for very personal reasons, for which I ask everyone to respect. They are trying to destabilize us and destroy years of work at SLO, and I can’t stand that.”

Source : Blick