Lucerne's start to the new football year was a complete failure. After taking a 1:0 lead against FC Lugano, the Central Swiss team collapsed and lost 2:5, with Uran Bislimi scoring a hat-trick for the visitors.
The big figure for FC Lugano was Uran Bislimi. The two-time Swiss international turned the game around in the last few minutes before the break with two spectacular shots to make it 2:1 and completed his hat-trick with a 4:1 shortly before the end of the first hour. The other two Ticino goals were scored by German Kevin Behrens, who now has eight goals for the season.
Lugano proved that Behrens' spectacular lapse with the tackle on fellow striker Georgios Koutsias in the last test match before the second half of the season has not had any serious consequences - or at least not yet. Koutsias was not in the squad in Lucerne and was not missed because his team-mates stepped up two gears after a mediocre start to the game. Within five minutes before the break, they turned 0:1 into a decisive 3:1.
In his 150th Super League game as coach of Luzern, Mario Frick had to watch as 40 good minutes for his team, with a deserved lead through Matteo Di Giusto (25'), lost all value within a very short space of time. At least Lucerne did not collapse completely after the 5:1 (61'), but did manage to make up for it with a goal from Bung Freimann.
However, there were no points to show for it and the Central Swiss lacked them, especially in front of their own fans, with just one win after ten home games. Lugano, on the other hand, moved to within four points of leaders Thun for the time being.
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Lucerne - Lugano 2:5 (1:3)
9525 spectators. - SR Schnyder. - Goals: 25. Di Giusto (Owusu) 1:0. 41. Bislimi (Daniel Dos Santos) 1:1. 45. Bislimi (Daniel Dos Santos) 1:2. 45. Behrens (Daniel Dos Santos) 1:3. 59. Bislimi (Grgic) 1:4. 61. Behrens (Martim Marques) 1:5. 71. Freimann 2:5.
Lucerne: Loretz; Ottiger (46. Winkler), Freimann, Bajrami, Fernandes (46. Ciganiks); Owusu; Dorn, Di Giusto, Spadanuda (60. Lucas Ferreira); Villiger (77. Vasovic), von Moos (71. Grbic).
Lugano: Saipi; Zanotti, Papadopoulos, Delcroix; Cimignani (77. Kelvin), Grgic, Bislimi (85. Mahou), Martim Marques (77. Alioski); Steffen (85. Kendouci), Behrens, Daniel Dos Santos (52. Mahmoud).
Remarks: Cautions: 47 Daniel Dos Santos, 65 Papadopoulos.
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- Matteo Di Giusto - 1:0 (25.)
- Bung Meng Freimann - 2:5 (71.)
- (41.) 1:1 - Uran Bislimi
- (45.) 1:2 - Uran Bislimi
- (45.+2.) 1:3 - Kevin Behrens
- (59.) 1:4 - Uran Bislimi
- (61.) 1:5 - Kevin Behrens
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85.Substitution in FC Lugano
Hicham Mahou
Midfielder
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85.Substitution out FC Lugano
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
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85.Substitution in FC Lugano
Ahmed Kendouci
Midfielder
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85.Substitution out FC Lugano
Renato Steffen
Midfielder
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77.Substitution in FC Luzern
Andrej Vasovic
Striker
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77.Substitution out FC Luzern
Lars Villiger
Striker
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77.Substitution in FC Lugano
Damian Kelvin
Defender
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77.Substitution out FC Lugano
Yanis Cimignani
Midfielder
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77.Substitution in FC Lugano
Ezgjan Alioski
Defender
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77.Substitution out FC Lugano
Martim Marques
Defender
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71.Goal for FC Luzern, 2:5 through Bung Meng Freimann
Bung Meng Freimann
Defender
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71.Substitution in FC Luzern
Adrian Grbic
Striker
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71.Substitution out FC Luzern
Julian von Moos
Striker
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65.Yellow card FC Lugano
Antonios Papadopoulos
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61.Goal for FC Lugano, 1:5 through Kevin Behrens (Martim Marques)
Kevin Behrens
Striker
Assist: Martim Marques
Defender
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60.Substitution in FC Luzern
Lucas Ferreira
Midfielder
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60.Substitution out FC Luzern
Kevin Spadanuda
Midfielder
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59.Goal for FC Lugano, 1:4 through Uran Bislimi (Anto Grgic)
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
Assist: Anto Grgic
Midfielder
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52.Substitution in FC Lugano
Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud
Midfielder
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52.Substitution out FC Lugano
Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder
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47.Yellow card FC Lugano
Daniel Dos Santos
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46.Substitution in FC Luzern
Andrejs Ciganiks
Defender
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46.Substitution out FC Luzern
Ruben Dantas Fernandes
Defender
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46.Substitution in FC Luzern
Levin Winkler
Midfielder
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46.Substitution out FC Luzern
Severin Ottiger
Defender
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+3.End of 1st half
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45.+2.Goal for FC Lugano, 1:3 through Kevin Behrens (Daniel Dos Santos)
Kevin Behrens
Striker
Assist: Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder
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45.Goal for FC Lugano, 1:2 through Uran Bislimi (Daniel Dos Santos)
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
Assist: Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder
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41.Goal for FC Lugano, 1:1 through Uran Bislimi (Daniel Dos Santos)
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
Assist: Daniel Dos Santos
Midfielder
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25.Goal for FC Luzern, 1:0 through Matteo Di Giusto (Tyron Owusu)
Matteo Di Giusto
Midfielder
Assist: Tyron Owusu
Midfielder
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1.Start of the match