Winti miss out on liberation Negative series ended: Lugano win thanks to Koutsias' brace

FC Lugano wins 2:1 against Winterthur in the 28th round of the Super League. For the Ticino side, the trembling victory is tantamount to a liberating blow.

Three defeats in the championship and the elimination in the Cup against third-tier Biel. Plus the knockout in the Conference League against Celje during the week. These are truly not easy weeks for Mattia Croci-Torti and his FC Lugano. A home win - even if it's only against the team at the bottom of the table - is a balm to the maltreated Ticino football soul.

In a long uneventful match, Georgios Koutsias redeemed the dominant home team with his double shortly after the break (51/56). The 21-year-old Greek had only moved to Ticino on loan from partner club Chicago in the winter and had already scored twice on Thursday.

With the lead behind them, the Ticino side became passive. Something that was almost punished. First Loïc Lüthi scored with a header five minutes before the end. Matteo Di Giusto then almost equalized in stoppage time. Amir Saipi deflected the Winterthur player's shot around the post with his fingertips.

The win puts Lugano back in the championship race and only three points behind leaders Servette. For Winterthur, the situation at the bottom of the table is slowly but surely becoming hopeless, as they are already seven points behind Grasshoppers.

Comments on the game

Man of the Match: Georgios Koutsias

"Scored 4 times in 3 days! What a week for the Greek. He definitely seems to have arrived in Switzerland." (blue Sport commentator Manuel Iseli)

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Lugano - Winterthur 2:1 (0:0)

3344 spectators. - SR Horisberger. - Goals: 50. Koutsias (Macek) 1:0. 56. Koutsias (Bislimi) 2:0. 85. Lüthi (Zuffi) 2:1.

Lugano: Saipi; Zanotti (81. Brault-Guillard), Papadopoulos, Hajdari, Martim Marques (65. Valenzuela); Grgic, Mahmoud (46. Macek), Bislimi (64. Doumbia); Steffen, Koutsias, Daniel Dos Santos (84. Sbai).

Winterthur: Kapino; Sidler, Arnold, Lüthi, Diaby; Stillhart (63. Jankewitz), Zuffi, Schneider (46. Durrer); Burkart (62. Bajrami), Gomis (46. Di Giusto), Frei (63. Buess).

Remarks: Cautions: 66 Jankewitz, 72 Sidler.

FC Lugano

Completed

2:1

(0:0)

FC Winterthur

• Georgios Koutsias - 1:0 (50.)
• Georgios Koutsias - 2:0 (56.)
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• (85.) 2:1 - Loïc Lüthi

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85.

Lüthi with the final goal

56.

Koutsias scores twice

50.

Koutsias puts Lugano in front

90.+5.
End of 2nd half
85.
Goal for FC Winterthur, 2:1 through Loïc Lüthi (Luca Zuffi)
Loïc Lüthi
Defender

Assist: Luca Zuffi
Midfielder
84.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Yassin Sbai
Defender
84.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Daniel Dos Santos
Striker
81.
Substitution in FC Lugano

Zachary Brault-Guillard
Defender
81.
Substitution out FC Lugano

Mattia Zanotti
Defender
72.
Yellow card FC Winterthur
Silvan Sidler
66.
Yellow card FC Winterthur
Alexandre Jankewitz
65.
Substitution in FC Lugano

Milton Valenzuela
Defender
65.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Martim Marques
Defender
64.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Ousmane Doumbia
Midfielder
64.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
63.
Substitution in FC Winterthur
Roman Buess
Striker
63.
Substitution out FC Winterthur

Fabian Frei
Striker
63.
Substitution in FC Winterthur
Alexandre Jankewitz
Midfielder
63.
Substitution out FC Winterthur
Basil Stillhart
Midfielder
62.
Substitution in FC Winterthur
Labinot Bajrami
Striker
62.
Substitution out FC Winterthur
Nishan Burkart
Striker
56.
Goal for FC Lugano, 2:0 through Georgios Koutsias (Uran Bislimi)

Georgios Koutsias
Striker
Assist: Uran Bislimi
Midfielder
50.
Goal for FC Lugano, 1:0 through Georgios Koutsias (Roman Macek)

Georgios Koutsias
Striker
Assist: Roman Macek
Midfielder
46.
Substitution in FC Winterthur
Adrian Durrer
Midfielder
46.
Substitution out FC Winterthur
Randy Schneider
Midfielder
46.
Substitution in FC Winterthur
Matteo Di Giusto
Striker
46.
Substitution out FC Winterthur
Christian Gomis
Striker
46.
Substitution in FC Lugano
Roman Macek
Midfielder
46.
Substitution out FC Lugano
Hadj Mahmoud
Midfielder
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+2.
End of 1st half
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