In a spectacular and emotional game, Zug secures its second championship title in a row in the Superfinal thanks to a nail-biting 9:8 win against the Tigers Langnau.
27.04.2025, 18:32
27.04.2025, 18:42
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It was a duel of opposites. On the one hand, Zug, which has several world champions in the Swedes Albin Sjögren, Tobias Gustafsson and Robin Nilsberth, as well as the Finns Sami Johansson and Miko Kailiala. Langnau, which employs just one foreign player, the Swede Gustav Svensson, and is mainly made up of players from its own youth ranks.
Both philosophies have led the clubs to the Super Final, with the discrepancy between the two teams becoming even more glaring when embellished with figures: Just 6.7 percent of all the Tigers' scoring points were scored by a foreign player, i.e. Svensson. For Zug, this figure is 70.8 percent, meaning that the central Swiss team clearly leads the league in this category, while the Emmental team is at the other end of the table.
At the Superfinal in Fribourg on Sunday, foreign creativity prevailed. The Zug team defended their title from the previous year. However, the Emmental team put up considerable resistance in the 9:8 win. With three goals in the last two minutes, Langnau caused the heavy favorites to falter. However, the comeback came too late for Yannick Rubini's team, who were without goalie Roman Beck for most of the final minutes.
Because Zug were once again able to rely on their exceptional Scandinavian players. Top scorer Albin Sjögren scored three times, Robin Nilsberth twice - and Tobias Gustafsson shone with four decisive passes. With their fighting spirit, the Tigers were almost able to compensate for the individual quality of their opponents - but only almost.
Zug, which has the largest financial resources in the league, meanwhile managed to repeat last year's success, when the Central Swiss secured their first championship title.
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Zug - Langnau 9:8 (3:2, 4:2, 2:4)
Fribourg. - 8892 spectators. - SR Schläpfer/Fässler. - Goals: 9. Simon Steiner (Lauber/Exclusion Sjögren) 0:1. 13. (12:27) Sjögren (Gustafsson) 1:1. 13. (12:38) Jonas Nigg (Fabio Flütsch) 2:1. 14. (13:02) Lauber (Svensson) 2:2. 15. Sjögren (Gustafsson) 3:2. 27. Severin Nigg (Gustafsson) 4:2. 28. Arnold (Johansson) 5:2. 31. Gfeller (Pfister) 5:3. 34. (33:40) Nilsberth (Gustafsson) 6:3. 34. (33:56) Kropf (Simon Steiner) 6:4. 37. Johansson (Kailiala/penalty shown) 7:4. 42. Gfeller (Matteo Steiner) 7:5. 51. Nilsberth (Sjögren) 8:5. 53. Sjögren (Johansson/exclusion Gfeller) 9:5. 58. Kropf (Simon Steiner/without goalkeeper) 9:6. 60. (59:03) Lauber (Gfeller/without goalkeeper) 9:7. 60. (59:21) Simon Steiner (Lauber/without goalkeeper) 9:8. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes against Zug, 1 time 2 minutes against Langnau.
Zug: Schälin; Gustafsson, Nilsberth; Neidhart, Mock; Stettler, Tobias Flütsch; Uhr, Maurus Christen; Kailiala, Severin Nigg, Sjögren; Johansson, Arnold, Andrin Christen; Hedlund, Jonas Nigg, Fabio Flütsch; Stocker, Eggimann, Bisig.
Langnau: Beck; Fankhauser, Luca Steiner; Aebersold, Svensson; Schlegel, Strohl; Schenkel, Münger; Pfister, Gfeller, Matteo Steiner; Kropf, Lauber, Simon Steiner; Stucki, Mühlemann, Janis Schwarz; Althaus, Mosimann, Seya Schwarz.
Remarks: Langnau partly without goalkeeper from 56:38. 58:34 timeout Langnau.
