1-0 in eastern Switzerland – St. Gallen makes the game, Lugano wins it – sport

• St. Gallen has plenty of possession in the early game at home of the Super League round 19 against Lugano, but they lose 0: 1.
• Defender Mijat Maric kept his nerve in the 84th minute and converted the winning penalty.
• Previously, St. Gallen’s Boubacar Traoré weakened their team with a proper red card (72nd).
• The conclusion is that YB benefits from the results of this day, although it only plays 0-0 in Vaduz.

Badly rewarded, upset, FC St. Gallen will consider the 1-0 home loss to Lugano unnecessary. Ticino had less game but recently benefited from a sloppy St. Gallen and a controversial decision by the referees:

• 72. Minute: Boubacar Traoré is too imprecise in handling the ball. Enter Lugano captain Jonathan Sabbatini, Traoré slipping on Luganese’s legs with one last effort and too late. Referee Fedayi San rightly shows yellow-red.
• 84. Minute: Lugano joker Roman Macek dribbles into the penalty area, Tim Staubli, who is also a substitute, annoys the Czech. They both push and pull and after a little touch, Macek falls. San first decides there is no fault, but the VAR recommends that you review the scene on the screen. A short time later, San points to the point.

A minute later, Mijat Maric converted the penalty safely. After the final whistle, the joy was great, Lugano catches up with the two hunters from YB St. Gallen and Basel.

Almost 40% of the match in the first half took place in Lugano’s defensive third. St. Gallen had the ball much more frequently as well, but Luganesi, who defended and countered well, felt no less dangerous. Fabio Daprela, for example, hit the crossbar in the 27th minute.

So it goes

St. Gallen’s game against Lucerne on Wednesday and Thursday’s game Lugano – Servette were postponed due to crown cases between opponents. The eastern Swiss will continue against Zurich on Saturday 30 January, while Ticino will play at FC Basel the following day.