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It was a fight: in the first half of the duel between St. Gallen and Zurich, 7 players received a yellow card. There have been no further warnings before the break in any game of the current Super League season. 17 fouls and 8 shots on target, of which only 2 would have hit the target, showed how the game had gone at half-time.
A goal was still scored, symbolically after a foul:
- 45. + 3: Aiyegun Tosin from Zurich crosses over tall Assan Ceesay, who is hit hard in the face by FCSG keeper Lawrence Ati Zigi. Referee Alessandro Dudic signals the point and Zigi yellow. Benjamin Kololli confidently transforms.
St. Gallen is outnumbered
After St. Gallen captain Jordi Quintilla was sent off the field with yellow and red (67th, first professional dismissal), not many expected the home team to draw. A minute earlier, Victor Ruiz had missed the post. It seemed like the last chance to equalize.
But St. Gallen showed morality. Substitute Kwadwo Duah shot from about 20 yards, the ball slightly deflected off Fidan Aliti’s heel into goal. Without a distractor, at best another shot from the post would have hit. The FCSG could no longer decisively benefit from the yellow-red card against Zurich Ousmane Doumbia (81st).
Eastern Swiss earn a rank
Thanks to 1: 1, St. Gallen climbed from eighth to seventh in the table. The Young Boys now expect the Eastern Swiss twice in 3 days. First they face the Bernese in the Cup, then in the League. Zurich, which remains in sixth place, will play Servette on Sunday, April 11.
