Elijah squints at England and Germany

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The figures are surprising: minutes played by Jean-Pierre Nsame (29) in the Super League this season: 1509. Minutes played by Meschack Elia (25): 1509! Cédric Itten (26) is slightly higher with 1568. And the fourth in the striker group, Joël Monteiro (23), has 661.

Raphael Wicky usually only plays one of the top scorer duo Nsame and Itten in the league because the coach likes to have a complementary striker as second man. This is usually Elia, rarely Monteiro. However, Elijah has no more minutes. How is that? The Congolese laughs: “The coach knows how to handle this situation in a miraculous way. competition is necessary. It won’t work without it. It makes us so strong.”

Elia missed four games

Of course: unlike the top duo Itten/Nsame, Elia once missed four matches. At the beginning of this year he received a red ban for an elbow strike in the match against GC in Letzigrund. At the start of the second half of the season, he was on the verge of losing his spot to Monteiro, forcing him to sit on the bench for the time being. So was it frustration? “In no way! I still don’t understand that red card. I turned around and just wanted to tear myself away from the opponent. It went really crazy. I told the referee that too. Unfortunately he didn’t listen.” Anyone who takes a serious look at the photos will understand Elias’ frustration.

And so the lightning-fast Congolese national player only scores seven goals. Not enough for its class. He sums it up: “I am satisfied with my season. But not with my goal tally. It should be in double digits by the end of the season.”

And then? The sparrows are whistling it from the rooftops that Elia YB is leaving. Despite an early extension of the contract in March for two years until 2026. Or just because of that! Because the market value has increased enormously. Transfermarkt estimates the twenty-time national player at five million. “God will show me where to go. I am very happy in Bern. But I can imagine moving to England or Germany, for example.” These are Elia’s favorite competitions, nothing is concrete. But that is likely to change soon.

To GC next to the shoes

But first, after the 1:4 accident in the standings (Elia: “We were next to the shoes.”), the title should fall. Like in 2018 against Lucerne. “The coach showed us photos from 2018 on Friday. We certainly want to experience that too.” Because for Elia it would be the first “normal” title after the two in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021. “I think that would be a real ‘dinguerie’, as they say in French.” Dinguerie means something like madness, madness. The Wankdorf is sure to go crazy when YB closes the bag. With Elijah in the middle.

Source : Blick