Nicola Spirig misses the start of the season due to a fall in training. And the YB player Christian Fassnacht is again longer. The most important sports news at a glance.
Soccer: Uli Fortes Yverdon is in the cup semifinals
Yverdon’s match winner Steve Beleck celebrates his goal with a rollover.
(sda) Yverdon beats Lausanne-Sport 1-0 after a fighting performance and is in the semi-finals of the Swiss Cup. Steve Beleck scored the golden goal.
Yverdon has done it again. After the dramatic triumph in the penalty shootout against FC Zurich in the round of 16 at the end of October (13:12), the Challenge League club beat the next club in the Super League. Coach Uli Forte’s team, currently in 5th place in the balanced league, showed a committed performance on Tuesday at the start of the cup quarter-finals and put the top-class opponents under pressure. After 22 minutes, Lausanne’s Nassim Zoukit only managed to get by with a foul in the penalty area. Striker Beleck converted the penalty effortlessly and sent goalie Mory Diaw into the wrong corner.
As a result, the Lausanne team tried to react under their new coach Alain Casanova, but they couldn’t hide the fact that they had lost their self-confidence due to the lack of success in the league. Rodrigo Pollero missed several times from a promising position against the strong Kevin Martin in Yverdon’s goal, and the rush in the final minutes went unrewarded.
So while Lausanne-Sport suffers another setback, Yverdon is among the last four in the cup competition for the first time since 2001. At that time, the path even led to the final, in which Servette should have the upper hand (0:3).
Swiss Cup. Quarterfinals. Result from Tuesday: Yverdon – Lausanne Sport 1:0.
Wednesday: Etoile Carouge (PL) – St. Gallen (8 p.m.). Biel (PL) – Lucerne (8.30 p.m.). – Thursday: Thun – Lugano (6.30 p.m.).
The draw for the semi-finals will take place on Thursday after the Thun-Lugano game (to be seen on SRF Info).
Soccer: FCZ fines Gnonto for an Instagram post
Wilfried Gnonto (left), still jubilant in last Saturday’s derby.
currently · As announced by FC Zurich, it has “sanctioned its player Wilfried Gnonto with a sensitive fine”. After the derby victory against the Grasshopper Club, Gnonto briefly published an inappropriate meme in addition to numerous Instagram stories, which was then deleted after ten minutes.
FC Zurich continues to write that its players are obliged to exercise the greatest caution and common sense when using social media channels, and that any kind of inappropriate posts or comments are strictly prohibited.
Triathlon: Nicola Spirig misses the start of the season due to a training fall
Nicholas Spirig.
(sda) Triathlon Olympic champion Nicola Spirig fell on a training bike ride along Lake Zurich on Sunday. The 40-year-old suffered two broken ribs and a broken collarbone. Spirig underwent a successful operation on Tuesday, but will only be able to train to a limited extent in the next six weeks. As a result, the Zurich native will not be able to start the season at the Ironman in Dubai on March 5 as planned.
Soccer: YB player Fassnacht is out again
(sda) The Young Boys again have to do without Christian Fassnacht for a longer period of time. The Swiss international is expected to be out for four to six weeks with a ligament injury to his right ankle.
Fassnacht sustained the injury on Sunday in the championship game in St. Gallen, in which he was involved in the 3: 3 with one goal and two assists in all three Bern goals. The 28-year-old had already missed the end of the first half of the Super League due to a fracture of his temporal bone at the beginning of November.
Ice hockey: Pelletier becomes coach of the Augsburg Panthers
(sda) Serge Pelletier, coach of HC Lugano last season, has found a new job. The 56-year-old Swiss-Canadian will take over the Augsburg Panthers, currently eleventh in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL), until the end of the season. Pelletier had also been traded as his successor at Ajoie after Gary Sheehan’s sacking.
Football: Niklas Süle changes from FC Bayern to Dortmund
Joins Borussia Dortmund in the summer: German international Niklas Süle.
(dpa) Germany international Niklas Süle will move from FC Bayern Munich to Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer this summer. The 26-year-old defender did not extend his contract with the German record champions, which expired after this season.
Süle, whose departure from Bayern has been certain for some time, switched from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim to Munich in the summer of 2017 for around 20 million euros. He was champion with Bayern every season, twice the DFB Cup winner and once a Champions League winner. Süle and the Munich team had not been able to agree on an extension of the expiring contract, mainly due to financial reasons.
Football: Great Britain and Ireland want to apply for the EM 2028
(dpa) The football associations of Great Britain and Ireland have decided against hosting the 2030 World Cup and instead want to concentrate on a joint bid for the 2028 European Championship. The five associations from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland announced this in a joint statement on Monday.
For the EM 2028, which is to be awarded together with the Euro 2032, those interested must register with the European Football Union (Uefa) by March 23. The umbrella organization wants to announce the possible candidates at the beginning of April.