Peter Zeidler manages LS defeat brilliantly and wins the support of fans

The defeat of Lausanne-Sport against FC Zurich Sunday at the end of the afternoon (1-2) could have generated a lot of frustration. Because the LS has long played upside down, before going close to scoring points anyway. But Peter Zeidler knows how to manage these kinds of moments. Whether in front of the press or with Vaudois supporters after the meeting, the native of Schwäbisch Gmünd is a fabulous communicator. Defeats always get better like that.

So yes, the LS bowed against FCZ. The Zurichois won their first game of this season in Super League on the synthetic lawn of the tuilière and it was deserved in fact, at the end. Fans of the LS would have had the right to be a little annoyed, to have a big thing against the sometimes surprising arbitration of Mr. Schnyder or even pester against a entourage of their club which forgets to recruit elements capable of making them finally pass a overcome. But the coach quickly calmed everything, especially thanks to his bonhomie.

Whether during the traditional (and sometimes a little ridiculous) post -match press conference or then, on the forecourt of the Tuilière with the Lausanne supporters, Peter Zeidler gave a communication lesson. With the media, he said what to say, going there a little with “off”, to denounce what he had not liked. Then, he got out of the locker room of the Plains du Loup stadium to go for a few beers with the real Vaudois fans, to redo the match. Strong.

“We accept defeat …,” he said before journalists. You have to see the stats, strikes, opportunities, faults. I have not yet seen the match on the video …, he told us with the microphones still on. Zurich was well organized … In summary, without going into the details of this match because we have not yet been able to analyze it, we would probably have deserved a point, that’s for sure. “

That was for the official game. And there is often only that to write. Afterwards, and it’s rarer, we were able to speak a little tactical with the coach and it was really good. Is the LS training that centers the most of the league? This is not the purpose of what he wants to do and he says openly that he would like to play otherwise. From the gallery, do we think to see that his training is at the end of the roll? He frankly considers him the opposite, that his troop is in good shape and it is really great to be able to debate it.

We can even go a question about our 8s who play too out of our liking and he explains his vision too. It’s appreciable.

“It’s a shame. To finish this week would have done good, added the former coach of Saint-Gall and Sion. Physically, we were up to it despite the match we played on Thursday. It shows once again the good shape and mentality of our players. I found us better than in Thoune (Editor’s note: 1-2 defeat on the 2nd day of Super League last week). There, we were correct. We deserved a point. But football is like that … “

Frankly, it is antediluvian that to still be entitled to such interactions and to be able to “bequeath” thus after a meeting with a coach in 2025. But it also comes from the fact that modern journalism often requires staying in front of his TV. And there are few coaches to accept to answer animals of reporters who do not only follow only football, by two.

So when, as at the Tuilière this Sunday, there are real exchanges with a coach and that we end up laughing a lot, frankly, it’s not bad happiness.

And all that was still before normal life took over. The journalist I am left to drink one with his friends from the Tuilière bar. Normal. Peter Zeidler, he also finished his job and went to mix with the Fans of Lausanne-Sport to redo the match too. At one time, it didn’t shock. There, this moment which should have been so normal seemed incongruous and it made me vibrate.

In my opinion, the German coach won more than a match at that time. Just being normal. The important thing is not the three points in fact.