Constantin tells his craziest firing of a coach

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Paolo Tramezzani is expected to keep Sion in the league. The Italian’s third return enabled the 0: 5 debacle in Geneva at Servette. A completely crazy football evening that turned everything upside down in Sion. But what exactly happened on that bitter Saturday? Zion President Christian Constantin takes us to the locker room.

The disaster begins with the first nine minutes of the game, in which a desolate Sion falls 0:3 behind. A prelude that CC saw coming. “As soon as I saw the line-up I thought: this is naive and not going to go well! Six attacking players in a game where you have to be especially solid in the back to somehow steal a point. That’s what I told coach David Bettoni. Especially since he hadn’t put together the right team for the game against Winterthur and talked his way out by saying he would resign if he lost. He didn’t.”

After the three quick goals in Geneva, CC has 35 minutes to get really angry. Then it’s half time. And the second act begins.

Furious, the architect from Martigny trudged into the catacombs of the Stade de Geneve. And first of all push the players against each other so that the walls vibrate. “Let’s put it this way: it wasn’t a love marriage,” CC de-escalated today. Then he asks coach David Bettoni what he wants to do next. David just shrugged. So I took over command.” CC orders the four changes.

But it shouldn’t be as easy as it sounds here. On the online portal “Nau.ch” a birdie chirped and said that CC had completely lost his cool and had upset Bettoni for minutes and insulted the French in the worst way. He then allegedly chose player Dimitri Cavaré as a victim and told him that he couldn’t even stop a ball. He didn’t let that go and refuted what hobby boxer CC had allegedly waved his fists at. The only reason why the situation did not escalate was that the players and supervisors stepped in to mediate.

How was that exactly? CC explains: “I chose Dimitri because he conceded the historic first goal. I accused him of not being focused. Then he moaned why I only attack him. There were also other errors. That’s how it was and that thing about the fists is bullshit. There was no physical contact in the dressing room.”

After the game, Reto Ziegler, who was on the field during the break to warm up, told what he had heard from hearsay. Namely that the coach is not going to coach the team anymore because CC fired him. “That’s what I heard.” CC declined. “I didn’t sack him at half-time. Then he was back on the bench.” But Bettoni allegedly said he would only be on the phone for show.

In the end it is 0:5. And then the even worse part begins, starring the Sion Ultras. First they quote the players. Giovanni Sio leads the way in the lion’s den and explains himself. Later, the supporters are said to have placed shards in front of the Sion team’s car to prevent it from leaving. Hours pass before the battered footballers finally arrive from Geneva. CC makes it clear: “It was security that didn’t let the car drive away because it was too dangerous because of the escalated situation with the fans.”

CC itself did not witness this live. At that time he was already on his way home. At the train station near the stadium, some idiots attack the police. Five are injured. One of them needs surgery on his hand. And on Tuesday they will receive the receipt for it from the licensing authority. East stand closed for crucial game against YB on Sunday. CC: “Who is responsible for that? Our fans. No one else. So we can’t complain.’

Sunday. Bettoni tells the players that he has tendered his resignation because he cannot continue working under the circumstances. He doesn’t talk to CC. “I don’t know what he said,” CC says on Sunday, referring to Monday. Sure, CC knows what happened. So he quotes the coach early Monday morning and asks him if it’s true he said he couldn’t go on like this. If Bettoni says yes, CC says, “Okay, then you don’t have to go any further.”

CC calls Paolo Tramezzani. The two have already worked together three times. In November, CC fired the hot-blooded Italian because he went on holiday as planned after the 7-2 home defeat against St. Gallen instead of apologizing. A reflexive response? CC soothingly: «I said to Paolo: You immediately stop your crises. I do mine too. Because one thing you should know: our liaison is very close. It’s almost like a blood connection.”

Tramezzani was also at the funeral of Constantine’s papa Martial. “He’s hot for this job,” CC says, “I can feel it.” However, they have not said a word about a contract for the new season.

The closing act in this theater is a call from Ziegler to CC on Tuesday morning. “He apologized for leaking things that should have stayed in the dressing room. He said it was stupid,” said CC. the height was”, says CC with a smile. consequences? “No. Reto now just has to keep his mouth shut and act on the field.”

Goalkeeper Heinz Lindner also made his cancer public on Tuesday. A lot is collapsing at FC Sion at the moment.

Source : Blick