Happy 1-0 home win – revenge successful: GC beats Basel thanks to Kawabe – Sport

In added time, FC Basel pressed the GC goal again. However, GC goalie André Moreira had a good day at work and saved everything that came his way. So did the attempts by Andy Diouf and Zeki Amdouni in the first minute of added time. With that, Moreira held the quite lucky 0:0 for GC.

GC’s attacking efforts, on the other hand, were limited to a long ball forward: Renat Dadashov unsettled the rushing FCB goalie Marwin Hitz, so that he steered the play equipment directly into Hayao Kawabe’s feet. The GC top scorer didn’t need to be asked twice, shot from long range and supplied the ball in the opponent’s orphaned goal: 1:0 for the Grasshoppers. They would have been satisfied with the point, so they can even be happy about the surprising victory.

Few offensive scenes

Three days after FC Basel’s spectacular 5:3 victory in the Cup over the Grasshoppers was little of the offensive spectacle in the Super League game for a long time. The two teams acted too cautiously on the defensive, the few attack attempts were presented too imprecisely. And if the teams did venture into the opposing penalty area, the chances were generously missed.

The guests could have taken the lead twice shortly after the break. First Anton Kade failed with his low shot by Moreira, Michael Lang placed the follow-up shot too centrally, so that the outstanding Zurich goalkeeper brought his hands up again in time.

Pusic as an asset

In addition to goalie Moreira, an offensive player also stood out in the Grasshoppers, Petar Pusic. The homegrown GC created the best chances for the home team but were unlucky in their degrees. The best chance was missed by the number 10 after 69 minutes, when she volleyed over the goal from just a few yards out.

Thanks to Kawabe’s late 1-0 winner, GC celebrated their second win of the season over FC Basel and also managed to take revenge for the cup defeat during the week as quickly as possible. Thanks to the 3 points, the record champions have also overtaken Basel in the table and are now in 6th place.

Here’s how to proceed

The Grasshoppers are guests at Servette’s next Saturday (6:00 p.m.). A few hours later, FC Basel welcomes FC Sion. You can follow this game live on SRF Zwei.

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