Ostschweizer Sonderweg leads to the semi-finals of the play-offs

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Her name is Yael Aeberhard, she is 19 years old and she is the player at Espenmoos who takes the tension out of this quarter-final second leg in record time. After just 28 seconds she punishes the deep sleep of the YB central defense and scores to make it 1-0. After 15 minutes, YB falls asleep again on a corner: Aeberhard dozes off uncovered.

After fifteen minutes she is already a double goal scorer: the attacking player continues for the qualification for the semi-finals. Or how should the cheers on the phone after the lightning starting gate be interpreted? She says: “It’s a running gag with our assistant coach, I always cheer like that. It’s also his birthday today.”

Assistant coach Vitor Domgjoni on his 37th birthday and the rest of the staff around head coach Marisa Wunderlin see a green-white dream at halftime. The Aspen show continues in the second half. Captain Karin Bernet sinks a free kick from an extremely sharp angle directly behind the surprised goalkeeper Jara Ackermann. There was a standing ovation from the 563 fans in the iconic Espenmoos stand.

St. Gallen plays without a foreigner

St. Gallen is in the semifinals. With its special course after the cup final, the FCSG is now also in the top four of the championship. special way? The FCSG depends on the local population like no other club in the Super League. Solothurner Naja Glanzmann is already an exotic member of the team. The vast majority of her teammates come from the greater area of ​​Eastern Switzerland – St. Gallen, Thurgau, Liechtenstein or occasionally from neighboring cities in Zurich.

Foreigners as reinforcements like all other top clubs? Does not exist in St. Gallen. “This is not a consciously chosen strategy. That’s how it turned out. Also because we have a good youth department,” says Patricia Willi, who shares the position of head of sports with Sandra Egger.

Due to the limited resources, the players only get expenses, so far no foreigner has been able to get excited about a commitment. Willi: “Any player who can identify with Eastern Swiss values ​​such as passion and team spirit is welcome.”

Now the play-off final lures in our own Kybunpark

The values ​​show the team against YB impressively. The only thing left for the Bernese is frustration at the start of the season. Caroline Krawczyk in particular is disappointed – in the first half she roughly pushes her opponent away twice after scenes that have already ended, but twice she evades a warning.

Now comes the well-known poster against Servette in the semi-finals. The same combination already existed at the end of April in the cup final, which the competition giant from Geneva won. Of course, Servette is also the favorite in the semi-finals – but with the playoff final in Kybunpark, St. Gallen suddenly has a tempting “final at home” in mind.

Source : Blick