Etoile Carouge makes St-Gall tremble

Promotion League chief Etoile Carouge shook St-Gall on Saturday within the spherical of 16 of the Swiss Cup.

Thierry Cotting’s squad solely misplaced 4-2 to the third within the Tremendous League. Sion, for his half, prevented the lure at Rapperswil-Jona.

5 minutes of insanity on the finish of the primary half allowed Etoile Carouge to imagine within the feat. Led from the fifteenth minute following a hit by Chadrac Akolo, the Stelliens have certainly turned the tide because of objectives from Usman Mamadou Simbakoli (thirty ninth) and Oscar Correia (forty fourth). They may even have doubled their benefit with slightly extra realism (or luck).

Unfortunate finalist of the final two editions, St-Gall however managed to get out of this unhealthy state of affairs by elevating the tone. The Brodeurs equalized within the 56th minute on a header from Matej Maglica, who got here into play on the break, earlier than regaining the benefit within the 71st minute. Writer of 3-2, Lukas Görtler additionally sealed the rating with a penalty in stoppage time.

Disadvantaged of Mario Balotelli who suffered from the onset of bronchitis, FC Sion didn’t expertise the identical difficulties at Rapperswil-Jona. Paolo Tramezzani’s males gained 2-0 on the garden of the ninth within the Promotion League, because of successes from the person in type Filip Stojilkovic (45 + 4th) and Itaitinga (fiftieth).

Lucerne suffers

Lucerne, however, suffered in Bellinzona, shouldering in further time on a aim from Dejan Storgic (107th). Though lowered to 10 from the 54th, Grasshopper for his half pressured the choice within the second interval on the bottom of the resident of third league Goldstern (3-0).

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