Matchday 13 of the Superliga – goalless between Basel and St. Gallen – concern for Petretta – sport

• On matchday 13 of the Super League, Basel and St. Gallen parted ways in search of a draw.
• The match is overshadowed by an injury to FCB defender Raoul Petretta.

A “concentrated performance” by a “lively and courageous team”, that was what FCB coach Ciriaco Sforza wanted before the game.

At the start of the match, however, his protégés hardly took the coach’s words seriously: After 10 minutes, Basel had to consider themselves lucky not to be two or three goals behind. Boubacar Traoré (after 90 seconds), Lukas Görtler (7th) and Basil Stillhart (9th) provided first-class opportunities to score on the guest tour.

They remain without taking advantage of many scoring opportunities

Ironically, however, it was the lack of focus on the eastern side of Switzerland that brought Basel out of their deep sleep: after a hair-raising error from “Espen” -Goalie Lawrence Ati Zigi, Pajtim Kasami sniffed out Basel’s lead with his shot. satin.

Later Arthur Cabral (25th) and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (30th / 45th + 1st) also lacked the last efficiency in their possibilities.

The game was overshadowed by injury in the 37th minute:

• After a header in his own half, Raoul Petretta grabs his right ear and falls to the ground with a face in pain.
• Without any outside influence, he appears to have sustained an injury to the neck area.
• His teammates and opponents take care of him for minutes on the field with worried glances, eventually transporting him to the catacombs with a stretcher failure.
• According to the first information from FCB, Petretta was conscious at all times and is currently in hospital care.

After the break, the two teams continued to balance. And scoring opportunities remained anything but rare. The worst came at the end when substitute Basler Jasper van der Werff missed with a header off the post (92nd).

So it goes

Basel will visit FC Luzern next Wednesday (6.15pm). St. Gallen welcomes the Bernese Young Boys the day before (8:30 pm).