– Servette is scared but will find YB in the semi-finals
Trailing 0-2 After 20 minutes of play on Saturday, the Genevans managed to win 3-2 against Aarau in the quarter-final second leg. They won 0-4 in the first leg.
Published today at 8:54 p.m.
Even though the Servettians missed the start of the match, they qualified.
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Servette Chênois will face Young Boys in the semi-finals of the Super League play-offs. This duel will take on the air of revenge for the Bernese, beaten two weeks ago by the Genevans. during the Swiss Cup final. This defeat had also gone down very badly in the eyes of coach Imke Wübbenhorst who had directly declared “We don’t like losing against such a disgusting team!”. Even if the German then apologized at a press conference, the reunion promises to be tense. “They will wait for us, it will be very difficult,” warned Maéva Clémaron.
But to reach the last four, the SFCCF sweated. “When you concede goals at the start of the match, you have to make more effort,” summarized the French midfielder, exhausted at the end of the match. Winner 0-4 in Aarau in the first leg, Servette did not show the same mastery on Saturday at the Fontenette. Offensive blunders and defensive generosity tarnished the garnet performance.
“The doubt has not set in”
After 20 minutes, the visitors led 0-2 thanks to a counterattack by Mara Tauriello (6th, 0-1) and a cross shot from Anna Kristine Egehoved Toersloev (18th, 0-2). Two chances, two goals, a lesson in efficiency and some cold sweats in the public. “But doubt did not set in,” confided Clémaron. We knew that the mistakes came from ourselves. We stuck to our playing principles. Even after these two goals, we knew that there was still time and that we had the means to come back.
Fortunately for the Genevans, Cassandra Korhonen, perfectly launched by Laura Tufo, offered a breath of fresh air to the 586 spectators present (34th, 1-2). The Swede then killed all the suspense by celebrating her contract extension with a double from the penalty spot (72nd, 2-2). But that will not make us forget the lack of realism of the Genevans in front of Lorena Barth’s cage. Paula Serrano (14th, 19th, 33rd, 44th) Tufo (16th, 32nd), Saoud (27th, 31st) and Monica Mendes (40th) all had chances to score.
Decisive jonusaite
Ultimately, the logic was respected. Entering the match, Rimante Jonusaite, who had already scored the winning goal in the Cup, reflected Geneva’s domination on the scoreboard (83rd, 3-2). Loaned this winter by AC Milan, the 20-year-old Lithuanian scored her 4th success with the Servetti jersey. 7-2 over the two matches, the years follow one another and are similar for the Argoviennes, already eliminated by the Garnet in 2023 (12-1) and in 2022 (5-0).
Without shining, the Garnet are in the semi-finals. But against YB, we will have to be more efficient offensively and more concentrated defensively. Because the players from the capital, who qualified by dominating Grasshopper 4-3 (1-1 in the first leg), score a lot and will be keen to bring down the winner of the regular season.
The other semi-final will pit FC Zurich against FC Basel. The defending champions sent Lucerne on vacation by winning their two quarter-finals (0-2; 2-1). The Rhinelanders, held in check in Saint-Gall in the first leg (1-1), were defeated in the return match (3-0). The final will take place on Sunday May 26 in Thun. With a new duel between Servette and Zurich, like in the last two editions?
Florian Paccaudholder of a Master’s degree in sports sciences with a social sciences orientation, has been a journalist for Sport-Center since January 2021. A CFJM graduate, he also works as an agent, print editor and web pilot.More informations
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