Four days after the cup was knocked out by the embarrassing 4-0 defeat against Stade Lausanne, Sion coach Marco Walker (51) appears in front of the media. It’s the usual press conference. Only: Usually there is also a player. Since no specific request was made, the decision was made to give the players a little more time to “clear their heads”, explains Sion’s media spokesman Baptiste Coppey Walker’s solo appearance.
Sion will meet Lucerne today, and the Valais will be guests at the newly promoted GC on Sunday. Will the coming days be trend-setting for Walker? “This question doesn’t arise for me,” says the coach. With President Christian Constantin he had agreed “that the elimination in the cup was terrible”, but now they want to look ahead. CC had neither given him an ultimatum nor specified how many points he should achieve by Sunday, Walker continued.
No sanctions
«On Monday the President spoke to the team. That was necessary: his message was short and precise. ” Walker also takes the cup-out in the Pontaise a little bit on his cap: “Everyone was responsible, including me.” Do some players have to pay for it against Lucerne? “There will be two or three changes, but no sanctions,” assures the 51-year-old.
This week, the Valais have placed particular emphasis on aggressiveness and will in training. Because, according to Walker, “it is impossible to win a football game without emotion”.