Young Boys and FC Sion drew 3-3 in the final round of the Super League. The Valais side will now have to hope that St. Gallen win the Cup in order to be represented in Europe next season.
Sion would have needed a win to still have a chance of finishing in 3rd place. However, the visitors have only managed this once in Bern in their last 31 games. And it was not to work on Sunday either.
After a flattering penalty and Donat Rrudhani's goal, the Valais side were on course early on. And even after the home team had turned the game around through Dominik Pech (24') and Samuel Essende (49'), the visitors did not give up. Winsley Boteli restored the Valais team's hopes of one of their rare victories in Bern by equalizing before the hour mark. However, Alan Virginius' spectacular goal to make it 3:2 just six minutes later was one blow too many. Liam Chipperfield's flattering equalizer for the efficient visitors in stoppage time was as good as it got.
Consolation for the Valais side: even a win would have been of no use to them, as Lugano clearly defeated FC Basel in the parallel match. Sion must now hope that St. Gallen win the Cup against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on Whit Sunday. Then 4th place would also entitle them to qualify for the Conference League.
For YB, the game against Sion was a reflection of a disappointing season that saw the Bernese team miss out on a European Cup place for the first time in twelve years.
Comments on the game
Young Boys - Sion 3:3 (1:1)
28'133 spectators. - SR San. - Goals: 8. Rrudhani (penalty) 0:1. 24. Pech (Virginius) 1:1. 49. Essende 2:1. 59. Boteli (Chouaref) 2:2. 65. Virginius (Gigovic) 3:2. 90. Chipperfield (Surdez) 3:3.
Young Boys: Keller; Janko, Wüthrich (6. Zoukrou), Lauper, Hadjam (70. Bukinac); Pech, Gigovic; Fassnacht, Monteiro (37. Sanches), Virginius (70. Colley); Essende (70. Bedia).
Sion: Racioppi; Lavanchy, Hajrizi (58. Sow), Kronig, Rrudhani; Kabacalman (58. Boteli), Baltazar Costa; Chouaref, Berdayes (70. Llukes), Lukembila (58. Chipperfield); Nivokazi (58. Surdez).
Remarks: Cautions: 16 Hajrizi, 37 Baltazar Costa, 92 Chipperfield.
The live ticker for review
BSC Young Boys
FC Sion
- Dominik Pech - 1:1 (24.)
- Samuel Essende - 2:1 (49.)
- Alan Virginius - 3:2 (65.)
- (8.) 0:1 - Donat Rrudhani
- (59.) 2:2 - Winsley Boteli
- (90.) 3:3 - Liam Chipperfield
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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90.
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65.
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59.
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50.
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24.
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8.
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90.+4.End of 2nd half
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90.+3.Yellow card FC Sion
Liam Chipperfield
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90.Goal for FC Sion, 3:3 through Liam Chipperfield (Franck Surdez)
Liam Chipperfield
Midfielder
Assist: Franck Surdez
Striker
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70.Substitution in FC Sion
Adrien Llukes
Striker
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70.Substitution out FC Sion
Théo Berdayes
Midfielder
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69.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Chris Bedia
Striker
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69.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Samuel Essende
Striker
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69.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Ebrima Colley
Striker
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69.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Alan Virginius
Midfielder
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69.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Stefan Bukinac
Defender
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69.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Jaouen Hadjam
Defender
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65.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 3:2 through Alan Virginius (Armin Gigovic)
Alan Virginius
Midfielder
Assist: Armin Gigovic
Midfielder
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Franck Surdez
Striker
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Ali Kabacalman
Midfielder
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59.Goal for FC Sion, 2:2 through Winsley Boteli (Ilyas Chouaref)
Winsley Boteli
Striker
Assist: Ilyas Chouaref
Midfielder
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Winsley Boteli
Striker
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Rilind Nivokazi
Striker
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59.Substitution in FC Sion
Noé Sow
Defender
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59.Substitution out FC Sion
Kreshnik Hajrizi
Defender
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58.Substitution in FC Sion
Liam Chipperfield
Midfielder
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58.Substitution out FC Sion
Josias Lukembila
Midfielder
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49.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 2:1 through Samuel Essende
Samuel Essende
Striker
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+5.End of 1st half
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39.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Alvyn Sanches
Midfielder
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39.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Joël Monteiro
Midfielder
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37.Yellow card FC Sion
Baltazar
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24.Goal for BSC Young Boys, 1:1 through Dominik Pech (Alan Virginius)
Dominik Pech
Midfielder
Assist: Alan Virginius
Midfielder
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16.Yellow card FC Sion
Kreshnik Hajrizi
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8.Goal for FC Sion, 0:1 through penalties from Donat Rrudhani
Donat Rrudhani
Defender
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6.Substitution in BSC Young Boys
Tanguy Zoukrou
Defender
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6.Substitution out BSC Young Boys
Greg Wüthrich
Defender
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1.Start of the match
