YB also improved in the Champions League, but lost 0-1 to Inter Milan in the 93rd minute.
October 24, 2024
YB also improved in the Champions League, but lost to Inter Milan 0-1 in the 93rd minute
In another year, the unstable Bernese would probably have done more on their artificial turf against the averagely prepared Italian champions. But for the moment, they are concentrating on the championship anyway.
Seconds after the winning goal in the 93rd minute: Inter striker Marcus Thuram celebrates, YB defenders Loris Benito (left) and Sandro Lauper argue.
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So said defender Sandro Lauper after YB's bitter defeat against Inter Milan: "If you can still use Thuram and Martínez, then..." Yes, so there is still some kind of danger for the opponent sleeping on the bench, it must be added. »id-doc-1iasjjf6k1″
> Lautaro Martínez, 27, is Argentinian and became world champion in 2022. Last season he was top scorer in Serie A with 24 goals, and in the Argentine team he scored a goal in almost every other game. Marcus Thuram, also 27, is a French national player and was for example present at the 2022 World Cup final. »id-doc-1iatq3dt10″
> And Federico Dimarco will also come to the plastic turf in Bern. His legs are tattooed like tree trunks. Christian Constantin, president and poker player transferred from FC Sion, once unearthed a mysterious and incomprehensible amount for Dimarco. » Article » Dimarco arrived at Sion from Milan in 2017. After an injury, a year and only nine Super League matches, he returned to Milan. Although he did nothing, his value increased by several millions. » p » "true"Inter's main substitutes unite to make it 1-0"https://www.nzz.ch/sport/fc-sion-nun-zockt-christian-constantin-mit-den-walliser-behoerden-ld.1755951"
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componenttype= »id-doc-1iatqlaf90″ is-new-line-child= »Article »> Inter coach Simone Inzaghi initially put them on the substitutes' bench in Bern. This is also why Young Boys have to talk about a missed opportunity, a 0-0 draw that slipped away from them in the final seconds. Martínez passes the ball with his heel to Dimarco, and his pass is used by Marcus Thuram in midfield to make it 1-0. Loris Benito and Sandro Lauper, surprisingly named in central defense, are at a disadvantage. The 93rd minute is underway. »subtitle »
componenttype=is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt20″> Soon the match is over. A few YB players collapse to their knees, here and there disbelief and frustration spread. It is a hard blow that must first be digested. In a phase of the season characterized by uncertainty and a change of coach; after a Champions League match in which YB surprisingly resisted an opponent who did not have the best squad. »Article »
is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt21″> When YB goalkeeper David von Ballmoos stopped Marko Arnautović's penalty shortly after the break, Bern's hopes of being able to move up from the bottom of the table in the new Champions League grew that evening. YB did not make any major defensive mistakes like in the first game against Aston Villa (0:3), YB did not lose early like in Barcelona (0:5). In the end, the Swiss champions only moved up to the penultimate place in the premier class because Slovan Bratislava had the worst goal difference. »Article »
is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt22″> »Article » The draw would have been worth 700,000 euros »p »
componenttype= »id-doc-1iatr4h7g0″ is-new-line-child= »Article »> But Bern's prospects are improving because the three strongest opponents were waiting in the first three games. On November 6, YB will play Shakhtar Donetsk in Gelsenkirchen. They are not overwhelming opponents. They have one point credited in the Champions League so far. The late goal against Inter deprives YB not only of their first point, but also of the 700,000 euros that the draw would have been worth. »subtitle »
componenttype=is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt30″> But finances are not a priority for the club at the moment. There are other things on the agenda. The search for stability, dynamism, peace and unity. After the disappointment against Inter, Lauper focuses on the combative and not playful performance, on the game plan that almost worked. After the 2-1 win against FC Luzern last Saturday, interim coach Joël Magnin made no fewer than seven changes to the team, which is remarkable given the result. »Article »
is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt31″> Magnin has rotated like Inzaghi, but Magnin cannot say that he has spared his best forces. His team has too little hierarchy and leadership, too little structure, too little success. If the YB coach changes players during the current season, few changes on the field. »Article »
is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt32″> This indicates that the Bernese thrive on a certain diversity of personnel, but also on a certain arbitrariness and interchangeability. Magnin justifies the many changes by saying that he is only implementing what he told each player: “I count on everyone, everyone can show what they can do.” »Article »
is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatr95en1″> »Article » Monteiro hits the post »p »
componenttype= »id-doc-1iatr9e4v0″ is-new-line-child= »Article »>With a little more luck, it would have been possible to achieve more against Inter Milan – in the best case scenario, even a victory and €2.1 million. That’s what people thought when Joël Monteiro hit the post after an hour of play. YB were not that far behind Inter Milan, whose protagonists repeatedly returned to the theme of artificial turf, which was unfamiliar to them. It’s not unreasonable to think that more would have been possible in another YB year. »subtitle »
componenttype=is-new-line-child= »id-doc-1iatq3dt33″> But YB has to put the premier class aside anyway because there are important dates in the championship. Sunday, the match in Lugano, next Wednesday the home match against FC Basel, before the trip to FC Zurich. »Article »
data-vars-danzz-last-article-element= »id-doc-1iatq3dt40″ is-new-line-child= »Article »> The bottom of the Champions League table is bearable for the unstable Swiss champion, that of the Super League is less so. »p » rel= »id-doc-1iatq3dt41″ target= »Article »>Learn more »p »