Berkay Dabanli scored the one and only goal of the meeting between Grasshopper and Lausanne-Sport on Monday.
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Lausanne-Sport needed oxygen. He took a breath of fresh air at the Letzigrund, facing a Grasshopper without light, to leave the Locusts in their place of barrage and move further away from them. Even if everything was very complicated after the break, there are now five points difference between these two teams and it was all the happiness of the Vaudois which exploded at the end of the match.
After ten minutes, in the fluctuation of the Zurich investments, the LS had already shown its intentions. After a quarter of an hour, however, he needed a corner to make it happen: a delivery from Custodio, a furious header from Dabanli and the Lausanne team could take the lead.
They should have folded the matter before the break. Labeau wasted a gem of a pass from Rrudhani, then it was Rrudhani who got lost on a serve from Labeau, not to mention two hot situations.
Frustrated by Lucerne, St. Gallen wastes again
Victory continues to elude St. Gallen. The Brodeurs played a fourth consecutive match without success by conceding a draw in the final seconds against Lucerne at home (1-1), this Monday, at the end of the 29th day of the Super League.
As against Grasshopper before the international break, Peter Zeidler’s team opened the scoring, through Albert Vallci (42nd). And like at Letzigrund, she conceded the equalizer at the end of the match. This time, it was Lars Villiger who was responsible for the sentence, in added time (90th + 3).
With only one victory in two and a half months, Saint-Gall is struggling and has fallen – with 47 points – to 6th place, seven lengths behind Lugano (3rd). Lucerne, also deprived of victory for the fourth outing in a row, follows (7th, 39 points).
Lethal on stopped play
GC? Non-existent. Except on one occasion, as a life-size warning, when Morandi served Fink, who stumbled on Letica with a shot that was too axial while he had put himself in an ideal position, alone at 7 meters. We had to wait until the second half to see Grasshopper really regain color. Lausanne was moving backwards, inhabited by its old demons. The LS was losing its splendor, everything was becoming more complicated, there was a sort of unpleasant tension.
This was the fate of the Vaudois for the last 45 minutes. There were two big scares and another miss from Fink in stoppage time, but LS held on to this victory. Despite the absences of Dussenne and Sène, suspended, the Lausanne players were able to play at least one half, making the difference, on a set ball, for the 16th time of the season, which also indicates their difficulty in finishing in the game But Sanches was the starter and if he still lacks rhythm, he has solutions in his feet, like Rrudhani. There is a lack of consistency in the duration of a meeting and of precision for Lausanne to find serenity.
Grasshopper – Lausanne-Sport 0-1 (0-1)
Arbitrator: A. Kanagasingam.
Grasshopper: Hammel; Tobers (33rd Row), Seko, Lows; Abels (76th Paskotsi), Abrashi, How, Schürpf (61st de Carvalho); Morandi (76th May); Abubakar (61st Momoh), Fink.
Lausanne: Letica; Giger, Dabanli (82nd Nanizayamo), Szalai, Poaty (73rd Kablan); Rrudhani (63rd Ilie), Custodian, Bernede, Diabate (73rd Rock); Sanches (63rd Ward), Labeau.
Warnings: 52nd Laws, 75th Labeau.
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