Biel has achieved a nice success in the National League. The Zealanders won in Geneva 1-0 in the last minute.
You shouldn’t be impatient to see goals at Vernets for the coming of Bienne. We even had to wait until the 60th minute to witness the only goal of the match and it came from the Zealand side from Yanick Stampfli’s stick. A success that fell 32 seconds from the end of the 3rd period at an unforgivable moment for the Eagles.
Top scorer Teemu Hartikainen was a little too nonchalant when taking the puck out of the Geneva defense zone and Biel took advantage in a very good way. Stampfli shot from a relatively tight angle and Antti Raanta was unable to prevent this shot from going in. This success allows Bienne to remain in the top-6 with a 5-point weekend, while Geneva was unable to follow up after its precious success on Friday evening in Lugano.
One point is all for Friborg
It’s unclear whether Freiburg is Zurich’s bete noire, but the Dragons feel pretty good about facing the defending champion. The first meeting between the two teams in Friborg ended in a 2-0 success for Pat Emond’s men, this time they only lost 2-1 after penalties.
It was Raphael Diaz who opened the scoring in the 14th minute for his first goal of the season. Zurich had to wait until mid-match to equalize thanks to Vinzenz Rohrer. The young and talented Austrian striker deceived Berra’s vigilance by destroying the courtesy of the Friborg defense while Dean Kukan languished in the penalty box.
In a game dominated by defenses, Friborg offered a solid performance. And during the penalties, it was once again Rohrer who stood out by being the only one to find the fault to allow Zurich to maintain their invincibility at home.
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