Like at the best of times?: Magnin kisses YB awake

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No – the YB bosses around Christoph Spycher would never publicly pat each other on the back in front of the cameras. But you can bet they’ll feel some sort of satisfaction after just 17 minutes. Meschack Elia has just scored 3-0 against FCB – and it is finally clear: the coaching change was a direct hit!

Players who are in poor form thrive

The Bernese are unrecognizable in Game 1 under Joël Magnin. Excited to play, press high, defend with style. So we’re bringing out everything that was buried deep in a hole in the final weeks of the Wicky era. That doesn’t exactly apply to the ex-coach…

It is also striking how Joel Monteiro, Cedric Itten, Aurèle Amenda, Sandro Lauper and Darian Males, who have been in poor form of late, are blossoming. The latter was an odd man out under Wicky, now he is showing the best performances against his old club in the YB outfit. After the – admittedly unpleasant – question of whether such a performance would have been possible under Wicky, Males first searches for words. And then says, “I don’t know. The fact is: Magnin is now our coach and we played very well.”

Magnin wants to internalize YB DNA

Itten adds: “Under Magnin we put more emphasis on the offensive. There were many individual conversations, but as a team we also talked a lot and took responsibility. We were burning for FCB!”

And what does the man who kissed YB awake say? Magnin remains modest and passes the praise on to the players: “I asked many of them privately what they needed from me. I gave the input that the boys needed to internalize the YB DNA again: attack early and move forward immediately. The team confirmed the good feeling I had during the entire week.”

One thing is clear: in this form, YB is again the first candidate for the championship – Servette rises or not.

Source : Blick