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The Swiss media pays tribute to champions YB, but also highlights the Bernese’s turbulence on the way to triumph.
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The Young Boys championship title.
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With a 1-0 win at Servette on Whit Monday, the Young Boys made everything clear: with one round to go, for the 17th time in total and for the sixth time in the last seven years, the Bernese are champions. “YB is champion and what FC Basel was before: dominator of the league, role model, power factor, a social figure in Bern and an economic heavyweight in Swiss club football,” praises the The New Zurich Times.
Nothing was linear. The services certainly not. Seven defeats prove this.
However, the Swiss media is holding back with euphoric titles and comments. There were too many stumbles in the Young Boys’ season for that. “YB is a rumble master,” he writes View. «This title does not leave the smell of sovereignty. Different than that of 2023. Back then, Raphael Wicky and Co. surfed confidently through the league. A year later things were a lot messier. Nothing was linear. The services certainly not. Seven defeats prove that.”
She sees it similarly NZZShe writes that it was a “problematic season” for YB. The team lost its identification potential and charisma. The season was also marked by turbulence and discord off the pitch, the dismissal of coach Wicky and dissatisfied players made negative headlines.
The Young Boys won the title more because of the weaknesses of the others and less because of their own strengths.
Ultimately, the Young Boys’ title win never really seemed in danger, despite their own weaknesses. The reason for this is loud CH Media about the opponents: “The Young Boys won the title more because of the weaknesses of the others and less because of their own strengths. They are not a shining champion this season. They remain the king, but it is certainly not just sheer cynicism, but at most a small exaggeration of the circumstances when one uses the saying: Among the blind, the one-eyed man is the king.
She sees it similarly Bern newspaper: “Basel, Zurich and this time even St. Gallen (keyword Alain Sutter) were always busy with themselves. Servette ran out of energy. And Lugano has been making progress for years, but the Ticino team still lacks consistency. They all missed a golden opportunity.” For the NZZ It is clear that the competition “was not able to take advantage of the opportunity”.
That is perhaps the lesson that YB can draw from this title: to always maintain humility and a sense of proportion.
In many places it is certain that YB will also be the big favorite in the Super League next season. «It can be assumed that the Young Boys will draw the right conclusions from this complicated season. A first indication: With Patrick Framework comes a coach who has done an excellent job at FC Winterthur and knows the league,” it says Daily Gazette.
The View knows what the Bernese have to take with them from this complicated season in order to continue to be successful: “But as it was, there was only one title. And that is exactly the problem: this immeasurably increased expectation of a club that is removed from all others. And then you quickly lose the balance of demands. That is perhaps the lesson that YB can draw from this title: to always maintain humility and a sense of proportion.”