“Now only the championship title is missing”

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With 986 games, Julien Sprunger is approaching the limit of 1000 games – in the National League and therefore at the same time for Friborg. Gottéron’s identifier has been through a lot in his 21-year career. In 2013 he was in the playoff final, but lost the qualifying winner Fribourg 4-2 against SCB.

The 37-year-old also won the final once – but the inglorious playout final in 2017 with 4:1 against Ambri and in 2005 with the same result against Lausanne. Sprunger was not even spared the nerve-racking competition qualification. In 2006, Friborg saved themselves with their fourth win in the series against Biel to secure their place in the top division.

Don’t overestimate the home field advantage

However, the pre-playoffs are an experience that Gottéron’s captain has not had in his career – besides one: “Now only the championship title is missing, then I have played with Gottéron on all stages.” In theory, he could still fulfill his title dream this season. But first, the pre-playoff challenge awaits. The Friborg team did their job with a convincing 6:0 win against the SCL Tigers, but they failed to progress to 6th place in the table and thus straight to the quarter-finals as EVZ also won their last qualifier.

In the best-of-3 series, Gottéron now duels Lugano for one of the remaining quarterfinals. Despite the season’s impeccable record of four wins against southern Ticino, Sprunger is highly respected and warns: “The Luganesi are unpredictable, we have to be careful. It won’t be a walk.” Especially since the captain does not overestimate the home advantage in this short series. “The pressure of a false start is clearly on us. Correcting someone like that will be difficult. That’s why we have to be awake from the first second.”

However, there is a risk that Friborg will have to do without David Desharnais for the first game. The top scorer ended training early on Monday.

Source : Blick