Yverdon Sport takes a point against St-Gall. In pain, the men of Paolo Tramezzani snatched 1-1. Not enough to blow them out.
Second departure for Yverdon-St-Gall. last Sunday, the match had to be canceled because of the rain that had gained water from the municipal stadium. The North Vaudois therefore started this final stretch in the Group relapant two days late and a meager audience (we will still note the displacement of the Ultras St-Gallois, practically as much in their Kop as the Yverdonnois).
Mathematically, St-Gall has little to play in this group, if it is a place of honor. Indeed, with 17 points ahead of the bottom of the ranking, no risk for the club to be relegated. The situation is a little more delicate for Yverdon. Taking into account the results of the weekend, the men of Paolo Tramezzani occupy 11th place with 33 points. Wintherour, behind, and Grasshopper, in front, have the same number of points. For the North Vaudois, it is therefore imperative to get out of this quagmire. And the fight will be tight.
Things unfortunately started badly in the municipal. The St-Gallois directly put pressure, and the locals had a lot to do in defense. Which worked rather well during the first 4 minutes. There was then this premonitory failure of Willem Geubbels which failed to transform the good center of his teammate. He will nevertheless open the scoring on the next reset. In the scrum in front of the goal, Christian Marques tried to clear the ball from the head, but he actually recovered on Geubbels. N ° 9 offered a nice convertible to the public to send the ball to the bottom of the nets. Paul Bernardoni remained nailed to the site, frustrated.
Yverdon, who suffered the following minutes, went to a hair of equalization at half an hour of play. On a free free kick, Varol Tasar gave us a very nice shot. The ball unfortunately went to lick the outside of the post before leaving the field. It will be the only dangerous situation of Vaudois in the first half. Otherwise, Yverdon suffered, suffered, and did not create. Can captain Anthony Sauthier explain this?
Tasar saves furniture
The match kept a slightly chaotic tone in the second half. But Yverdon tried things. Like this shot from Marley Aké, unfortunately over the cage.
-The 68th minute might be a turning point. By committing a fault on Moussa Baradji, Albert Vallci received his second yellow card of the evening. Defender St-Gallois therefore returned to the locker room, leaving his own to 10 against 11.
Antonio Marchesano tried to take advantage of it in the 71st. But his strike came close to the second post. Tasar put Yverdon back on the right rails a few moments later. At the entrance to the 16m, full center, almost in the same position as on his free kick in the first half, he fought to keep the ball. His strike then left in full skylight (74th).
With destabilized St-Gallois and gradually losing the nerves, the men of Paolo Tramezzani took over. Unfortunately without being able to resume the advantage, even if the municipal official believed in it when Baradji sent a rocket … on the outside of the net. But without taking any more cash, thanks to this parade of Paul Bernardoni in the 88th on the shot of Jordi Quintillà.
The Yverdonnois “wanted to approach” this last phase of the championship. The reality was otherwise.
There is still a hint of relief from the Yverdon captain with this final result.
On Saturday, Yverdon will receive FC Sion. With their direct competitors, Grasshopper and Wintherour, who travel respectively to Zurich and St-Gall, the North Vaudois have a blow to play to move away a little more than 11th place.
