FCB coach has a ranking trauma: incredible statistics for Celestini against the Hoppers

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Fabio Celestini doesn’t even try to turn his heart into a killing pit. Instead, there is clear language from the FCB coach: “I am disappointed. The ranking was better than us and we deserved to win. They showed more will to win the match.”

The 1:2 in Letzigrund, after being outnumbered for almost twenty minutes, weighs heavily on the 48-year-old’s stomach. After two defeats from three games, the upward trend has stopped for the time being. And FCB is back in the relegation battle. Because Lausanne-Sport beat Yverdon at the same time, the lead on the Barrage place has melted back to three points.

And there is something else that should make the Red and Blue sick for the two remaining matches against lower-placed Lausanne-Sport and Lausanne-Ouchy before the competition was split: they have only scored one point from the four matches against the clubs from Lausanne. so far. If you add up the three games against the rankings with the same points, the record against the direct competitors is even worse: seven games, one point.

It was FCB’s third defeat in a row against the Hoppers. Until recently, the Zurichers were still a favorite opponent: between September 2016 and November 2022, the red-blue team played seventeen games in a row without losing.

FCB-Celestini has a GC trauma

In two of the most recent three defeats, Fabio Celestini was the coach. Chance? Not after looking at the statistics. Unbelievable but true: Celestini has never won the rankings as a coach! In fourteen matches since 2016 with Lausanne-Sport, Lugano, Lucerne and Basel, there have been seven draws and the same number of defeats.

Back to the present: the train to the “Championship Group” has not yet left for Celestinis FCB. Albian Ajeti’s earlier-than-expected comeback gives hope. 1,663 days after his €10 million move to West Ham United in the summer of 2019, the striker entered the pitch in the 73rd minute. Then Basel experienced the most dangerous phase of the match with two shots against the crossbar.

One thing is clear: to reach the top 6, Ajeti must find his nose in front of goal again as quickly as possible. In any case, Celestini’s FCB will be spared a match against GC in the remaining nine games until the division of the competition…

Source : Blick