The Young Boys defeated St. Gallen 3-1 of their dwelling recreation. But Lugano additionally wins in opposition to Winterthur. Despite the victory, there was nonetheless no championship get together.
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(sda) Even after the third-to-last spherical of the Super League, the Young Boys haven’t but been confirmed as champions. The defending champion wins in opposition to St. Gallen 3-1 after being behind, however their pursuer Lugano additionally fulfills their responsibility in opposition to Winterthur.
Quite a number of of the 30,084 spectators got here to Wankdorf on Thursday night in anticipation of a championship celebration. Thanks to targets from Meschack Elia (51st minute) and Cedric Itten (71st/94th minute), additionally they noticed the house win that they had hoped for in opposition to St. Gallen. But the corks weren’t allowed to pop as a result of pursuers Lugano additionally received in opposition to Winterthur (4:2).
The championship celebration was canceled on this wet night in Wankdorf. But the title race, which at instances resembled a snail race, will not be thrilling. The Young Boys now go into the final two video games in opposition to Servette (away) and Winterthur (at dwelling) with a cushion of six factors and, due to the significantly better aim distinction (+38 to +19), they do not even essentially want one other level.
After falling behind early in opposition to St. Gallen, the Young Boys prevented them from shedding two dwelling video games in a row for the primary time in additional than seven years after the 0-1 defeat in opposition to Lugano final weekend. A house defeat in opposition to St. Gallen would have had virtually historic significance: it might have been the primary away win for the Eastern Swiss in opposition to the Young Boys since 3-2 on March 20, 2005.
Jovan Milosevic, who changed the injured Willem Geubbels in St. Gallen’s two-man assault, scored simply 161 seconds after kick-off in his second beginning eleven look after the momentary winter transfer from VfB Stuttgart. The tailored cross got here from his strike accomplice Chadrac Akolo.
The reply from the hosts was a very long time coming, particularly as a result of the YB gamers lacked precision ultimately and Silvère Ganvoula (seventh), Cheikh Niasse (eleventh) and Jaouen Hadjam (twenty ninth) initially missed the aim as nicely Kastriot Imeri, considered one of 4 new gamers in YB’s beginning lineup after the defeat in opposition to Lugano. It was solely after the break that YB lastly transformed its offensive qualities into targets within the type of two header targets to make it 2-1 and Itten’s counterattack for the ultimate outcome. In addition, Saidy Janko prevented St. Gallen’s equalizer from Bastien Toma earlier than the third aim on the road.