Four goals, but no winner in Valais. Because Papadopoulos scored late on to make it 2-2, Lugano picked up a point against Sion.
Sion were somewhat unlucky to miss out on their sixth win in a row. The Valais side were the better team against Lugano in the second half and turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead within eight minutes through Ilyas Chouaref, who now has 16 goals to his name, and Baltazar. The Brazilian Baltazar's goal in the 63rd minute was particularly impressive. He took a pass on the edge of the penalty area directly with the outside of his foot and curled the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of Lugano keeper David von Ballmoos, who had no chance.
Lugano, who had made it 1:0 in the first half through Georgios Koutsias, rarely looked like equalizing. A double chance from Kevin Behrens at the start of the final quarter of an hour was the best the Luganesi could muster until the 90th minute, when German defender Papadopoulos was on hand to dust down a shot from Elias Pihlström and a save from Anthony Racioppi to make it 2-2.
In order to move up to 3rd place in the final round on Sunday, Sion will need a win at Young Boys and a loss of points by Lugano at home to Basel. If Sion can only finish in 4th place, they will have to hope that St. Gallen win the cup to qualify for the European Cup for the first time since 2017.
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Sion - Lugano 2:2 (0:1)
14,300 spectators. - SR Turkes.
Goals: 31st Koutsias (Mahmoud) 0:1. 55th Chouaref (Nivokazi) 1:1. 63rd Baltazar Costa (Kabacalman) 2:1. 90th Papadopoulos 2:2.
Sion: Racioppi; Lavanchy, Hajrizi, Kronig, Hefti; Kabacalman (81. Sow), Baltazar Costa; Chouaref (81. Rrudhani), Lukembila (64. Chipperfield), Surdez (64. Boteli); Nivokazi (70. Berdayes).
Lugano: Von Ballmoos; Papadopoulos, Mai, Delcroix; Zanotti, Grgic (89. Kendouci), Bislimi, Cimignani (68. Alioski); Mahmoud (74. Bottani), Koutsias (68. Pihlström); Behrens.
Remarks: Cautions: 7th Grgic, 51st Hefti, 54th Hajrizi, 58th Baltazar Costa, 91st Boteli.
Comments on the match
FC Sion
FC Lugano
- Ilyas Chouaref - 1:1 (55.)
- Baltazar - 2:1 (63.)
- (31.) 0:1 - Georgios Koutsias
- (90.) 2:2 - Antonios Papadopoulos
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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90.
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63.
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54.
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31.
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90.+5.End of 2nd half
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90.+2.Yellow card FC Sion
Winsley Boteli
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90.Goal for FC Lugano, 2:2 through Antonios Papadopoulos
Antonios Papadopoulos
Defender
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89.Substitution in FC Lugano
Ahmed Kendouci
Midfielder
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89.Substitution out FC Lugano
Anto Grgic
Midfielder
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81.Substitution in FC Sion
Noé Sow
Defender
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81.Substitution out FC Sion
Ali Kabacalman
Midfielder
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81.Substitution in FC Sion
Donat Rrudhani
Midfielder
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81.Substitution out FC Sion
Ilyas Chouaref
Midfielder
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74.Substitution in FC Lugano
Mattia Bottani
Midfielder
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74.Substitution out FC Lugano
Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud
Midfielder
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70.Substitution in FC Sion
Théo Berdayes
Striker
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70.Substitution out FC Sion
Rilind Nivokazi
Striker
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68.Substitution in FC Lugano
Elias Pihlstrom
Midfielder
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68.Substitution out FC Lugano
Georgios Koutsias
Striker
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68.Substitution in FC Lugano
Ezgjan Alioski
Defender
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68.Substitution out FC Lugano
Yanis Cimignani
Midfielder
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64.Substitution in FC Sion
Winsley Boteli
Striker
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64.Substitution out FC Sion
Franck Surdez
Midfielder
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64.Substitution in FC Sion
Liam Chipperfield
Midfielder
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64.Substitution out FC Sion
Josias Lukembila
Midfielder
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63.Goal for FC Sion, 2:1 through Baltazar (Ali Kabacalman)
Baltazar
Midfielder
Assist: Ali Kabacalman
Midfielder
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58.Yellow card FC Sion
Baltazar
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55.Goal for FC Sion, 1:1 through Ilyas Chouaref (Rilind Nivokazi)
Ilyas Chouaref
Midfielder
Assist: Rilind Nivokazi
Striker
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54.Yellow card FC Sion
Kreshnik Hajrizi
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51.Yellow card FC Sion
Nias Hefti
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+2.End of 1st half
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31.Goal for FC Lugano, 0:1 through Georgios Koutsias (Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud)
Georgios Koutsias
Striker
Assist: Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud
Midfielder
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7.Yellow card FC Lugano
Anto Grgic
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1.Start of the match
