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Saturday 18 April 2009

Auswärtssieg!

Lucerne leaves the 'rote Lanterne' in Vaduz after a first(!) away win of the season. I had to miss this game (and the Hammarby - dif/ ifk double that was planned) due to a work trip.

austrian second division

What kind of entertainment could possible beat a friday night game in the Austrian Second division? Wacker Innsbruck, playing infront of 3700 in a stadion for 30000 beat FC Pax Gratkorn 4-1.

Austrian football is something else, just look at what happened in Salzburg when Red Bull bought the local team as if it was a MLS franchise. Austrian League officials didnt mind. Lennart Johansson would be proud. When will they abolish releagtion? Time out, anyone?

Monday 13 April 2009

Swiss Cup Semifinal

Great atmosphere tonight. Going to football a warm spring evening feels like the reward for freezing at various stadiums through winter. Entertaining game where Sion dominated slightly and scored a fantastic goal in 85 minute. Luzern fought back bravely and scored the equaliser in probably 95th minute, incredible scenes in the staduim ensued. Extratime was goal less so it had to be settled through the dreaded penalty shootout. Luzern choked big time and Sion went through. This is when the mayhem started...

watercannons

swiss riot

after the game, outside the stadium swiss riot police fights back
the sion fans with watercannon, this lasts at least 15 minutes. some luzern hotheads tries to get into it as well but from what I saw the fight was between sion fnas and riot police with shields and batons.

Pitch invation Luzern

FCL - Sion Hooligans

Sion beat Luzern on penalties in swiss cup semi. After the game about 50 Sion fans invades the pitch with flags and approaches the Luzern fans. After about 5 minutes of provocation, with no action from police or stewards the Luzern fans finally enters the pitch and chases the sion guys back towards their end. The fighting lasts for maybe five minutes, from what I saw no one was seriously injured, though some were clearly hurt. Disgraceful, i thought this type of hooliganism ended in the 90's but obviously not in Switzerland. Can only hope they identifies the hooligans, most had no cover over their face and TV was every where as the game was on live.


Saturday 11 April 2009

day trip to leitzigrund

gc and yb played an entertaining 3-3 draw with six good goals

Thursday 9 April 2009

lozarn - vaduz 3-1

great victory for luzern. scored
the third in an empty goal after vaduz keeper went to other end of
pitch. playing vaduz is a rare international game in a domestic
league. also surprising that ref lets game play on after linesman has
recieved at least ten plastic cups of beer in the back. in anycase
luzern is back, only a point after vaduz. monday is cup semi at home
looks like it will be sold out.