In a half-empty stadium with closed fan curves, Basel only come into their own against the soon-to-be champions after the break. You’ve only had eight wins this season and you seem to have other priorities.
Basel’s Zeki Amdouni (right) and Bern’s Aurèle Amenda duel in front of half-empty stands.
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The devotions take their course: the half-time break is approaching, and in St.-Jakob-Park a chorus of hesitant “FCB” calls can be heard on the opposite stand. This is how the supposed top battle in Swiss football presents itself. The fan curves are locked out because some Basel supporters recently resorted to brute force in the same place. The local club emphasizes in the match program how “inevitable” the measure is.
