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FootballThe elimination of the SFC, the story of a Swiss downgrading
The 2nd of Super League was eliminated and dominated by the 2nd Liga luck. And it was not at all a bowl. It will even become quickly worrying.
Thomas Haeberli has still not found the solution.
Pascal Muller/freshfocusA week ago, in Czech Republic, the Genevans had succeeded in a hold-up of families during the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League. A good old 0-1. 23 shots at 6 for Plzen, 6 shipments framed at 2, but defeat on arrival.
Enough to arrive at home on Wednesday evening, with some certainties. Defensive at least … or at least at the level of his goalkeeper, replaced in the championship as usual. Except that Rebelotte, even at home. 15 shots for hosts, 16 for visitors. But above all 4 framed at 8 for Viktoria.
If there was suspense until the last penalty of Rafiu Durosinmi in the 87th minute of the Geneva evening which has become fresh – or even air -conditioned -, the raw figures however tell something else. It says above all that Servette FC, second in the Swiss championship, was largely dominated by the Viktoria Plzen, second in the last Czeching championship. And that’s worrying. Whereas, but disturbing anyway.
The Czechs are now 10th in the classification of club coefficients at UEFA, with 37,800 points. Switzerland is only 16th, with 28,800 units. There are two seasons of this, the Czech Republic was already 10th, but Switzerland 12th, with less than 4,000 points. Three years ago? The Swiss championship was in 13th place and the Czech League in the 15th. Suffice to say that the Swiss were doubled in style. As in the field, in fact.
On Wednesday, in La Praille, we saw all Servette’s faults. Passive coaching, a management of the guards who probably did not help Joël Mall to better push this damn ball which cost the 1-2, a bad estimate of Yoan Severin which allowed the referee to put the two teams with a digital equality after less than a minute of effective play following the expulsion of a Czech. List of everything that has not been too long.
And that again, it is by avoiding evoking the case of poor Théo Magnin, who wanted to do so well, but who ended up eliminating his own from stupid fault at the very end of the meeting.
“Yes, but he is young,” will retort some, happy to see a young Genevan, from Swiss training, have his chance at high level. It’s true. Even if one wonders if, in professional football, we can still be described as “young” when we blow our 22 candles in a few days. The right rear made its 71st appearance in professionals on Wednesday, in addition to its 22 parts with the various Swiss junior selections…
Switzerland has lost a place in the European Cup for next season. The Swiss clubs will only be four, instead of five, this year, to fight in qualifications, to hope to then mark “big points” in the different phases of leagues.
The Swiss champion will have to play three laps to access the Champions League. The Cup winner will have to spend two more qualifying laps to access the Europa League league phase. In conference League, there will be three laps to pass before reaching the league phase …
Do you feel it coming the vicious circle?
