The FC Sion crossed the milestone of the 1st round of the Swiss Cup. On the synthetic lawn of the Courgenay sports complex and in front of 2,500 spectators, the men of Didier Tholot, reduced to ten in the 59th minute following the expulsion of Kreshnik Hajrizi for a last resort, took the measure of Ajoie-Monterri (2nd Inter) 2-0.
The 3 Super League clubs hired Friday in the 1st main round of the Swiss Cup all qualified. On the French side, Sion won 2-0 in Courgenay against Ajoie-Monterri.
The Valaisans did the hardest by scoring in 1st half by Chipperfield (7th/penalty) and Boteli (32nd). They were reduced to 10 shortly before the time of play after the expulsion of Hajrizi, but this did not result in the face of the Jurassians who militate in the 2nd interregional league.
Lucerne did not experience a problem on the lawn of Perlen-Buchrain, 2nd league club. The Super League resident won 3-0. The 3 successes fell in the 1st period. Grbic scored the first 2 (10th/15th) before injuring himself and being replaced by the young Vasovic, who sealed the final score (37th).
FC Zurich has also assured, the essentials with 2-0 success against Wettswil-Bonstetten (1st League). Emmanuel signed a double (25th/91st).
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