Na first minute of di match wey suppose be Thun coronation day, di fans see bad thing: Montolio, di inside defender, injure im knee heavy and must leave di field. Di hope for early title celebration scatter like smoke.
Di game start bad for Thun. After few seconds, one unlucky collision make Montolio turn im knee. Pain show for im face, and e quick clear: di Spaniard no fit continue. Even though e try stand up small, movement dey limited. Di situation look serious, and coach and staff no waste time to make change. Dähler take Montolio position as right defender, while Bamert move to inside defense. Di long stop disturb di flow, but after treatment and change, di game continue – but without di injured defender. Montolio, with team-mates help, leave di field; im return look impossible.
Montolio injury no just be sport setback but tactical wahala. E be key piece for Thun defense, and im absence go affect team performance. Whether Basel ambition suffer long-term, we go see. Next matches go show how Thun handle dis situation. Thun fans show disappointment and worry for dia player health. Di title celebration must wait – a bitter night for club and supporters.
No title party for Saturday night: Lugano win 1-0 for Stockhorn Arena against Thun. Ezgjan Alioski convert one late penalty well and become Thun party spoiler. Win would make Bernese Oberländer become Swiss champion for first time for club history. Over 10,000 fans come stadium to witness dis historic moment. But di Ticino side – di only team wey get positive record against Thun dis season – spoil di early party. For intense final phase, both sides search for winner, Lugano get penalty for stoppage time after counter-attack. Alioski, wey come in as sub, score for 97th minute with powerful shot to middle of goal. Dis make Ticino side win 1-0 against Thun for third time in a row. Like for last two meetings, coach Mattia Croci-Torti set im team well. Di visitors hardly allow anything for defense and mostly win aerial duels for opponent set pieces. Because Thun lack calmness wey di near triumph bring, di match become scrappy, with tough battles and sharp words, but few chances.
After league split, Super League enter final phase. For top, everything clear: Thun go celebrate first league title for club history at end of season. Di Bernese Oberländer get 14-point lead over St. Gallen; dem need home win against Lugano on Saturday to take trophy with dia own hand. For draw or loss, di “title from sofa” fit come on Sunday: if St. Gallen drop points against Young Boys, Thun be champion early. City dey prepare for both scenarios; authorities don approve free night. Behind, fight for European places dey more tight. St. Gallen (60 points), Lugano (57), Basel (53), Sion (52) and YB (48) all hope for international stage. Weekend particularly hot: Wallis side fit take potentially decisive 4th place with win against Basel. Because if St. Gallen finish 2nd or 3rd and win Cup final on May 24 against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, 4th-placed team go enter Conference League qualification. For lower half, dem go determine relegation and playoff participant. Top candidate for relegation be Winterthur, wey go face Servette away on Sunday. FCW dey eight points behind Grasshoppers, wey receive Luzern on Saturday. Lausanne-Sport and Zurich, wey face each other on Saturday, get somewhat comfortable lead over GC, but di match get special context: both clubs recently sack dia coaches, so teams dey coached by former assistants.
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