FC Lugano showed that they were ripped off at FC Basel and won 2:1. It was the second win for the Ticino side in their second game and a negative mark for FCB.
FC Lugano do not need much of the game to make their mark. For a good half hour at St. Jakob-Park, there was hardly anything to see from the visitors offensively until two passes in the 68th minute were enough to unhinge the Basel defense. Daniel Dos Santos, who had arrived from Thun, provided the assist and Kacper Przybylko from Poland, who was making only his seventh appearance for Lugano, scored the decisive goal. It was Przybylko's second goal of the season.
It was a bitter second defeat of the season for FC Basel, who invested a lot after going 1-0 down early on through Ignacio Aliseda (8'). The 1:1 in the 50th minute by Léo Leroy, who joined from Montpellier this season, was a scant reward for Basel's impeccable commitment. The fact that Benjamin Kololli and Thierno Barry, two attacking mainstays, were missing was not obvious. Both had to take a seat in the stands for indiscipline.
The upward trend compared to the first game last weekend was clearly visible, but the disappointment remains in the bare figures. For the first time since the Super League was introduced in 2003, Basel are without points after two rounds. Next Saturday, FCB will host Grasshoppers.
There was a brief return to better times for the Basel fans during the break in the game: Michael Lang, a veteran player who experienced the club's successful times, was bid farewell. The full-back won the league twice with FCB and the cup once. Now the contract with the 33-year-old has been terminated.
Telegram:
Basel - Lugano 1:2 (0:1)
19'866 spectators. - SR Fähndrich. - Goals: 8. Aliseda (Brault-Guillard) 0:1. 50. Leroy (Ajeti) 1:1. 69. Przybylko (Daniel Dos Santos) 1:2.
Basel: Hitz; Barisic (78. Frei), Adjetey, Comas (65. van Breemen); Rüegg (65. Soticek), Avdullahu, Leroy (78. Fink), Schmid; Kade, Ajeti, Traoré (82. Beney).
Lugano: Saipi; Brault-Guillard, Papadopoulos, Hajdari, Martim Marques; Mahmoud (70. Macek), Grgic; Mahou (56. Cimignani), Daniel Dos Santos (70. Bottani), Aliseda (56. Bislimi); Przybylko (78. Doumbia).
Remarks: Cautions: 53rd Hajdari, 59th Leroy.
