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In Les Vernets, Ge/Servette has lost the north
The Eagles, beaten on Saturday by Bienne after a sad match (0-1), suffered a fourth setback at home.
Published today at 1:38 p.m.
The break comes at just the right time for the GSHC players.
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- Ge/Servette hopes to take advantage of the break after a series of defeats.
- The Geneva team occupies a disappointing twelfth place in the standings.
- The coach highlights the fatal errors made at the end of the match.
- Some injured players will return, potentially bringing new energy.
There is at least one thing, in this season when headwinds tend to blow, that will come at the right time for Ge/Servette: a break. Ten days in the form of a buoy, a gift. Because on Saturday evening, at Les Vernets, after the ugly defeat conceded against Bienne (0-1), no one had the heart to laugh. The vague revival glimpsed the day before in Lugano (3-1 victory) was not confirmed.
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And the photography of the moment, before this international break in November, does not delight anyone in the garnet ranks. Fifth loss for the Eagles in the last six National League games, including four at home. Ranking position: twelfth. For a season marked by reconquest, that’s slim.
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“It’s very frustrating. The match is played in the first third, where we had big chances to score, coach Jan Cadieux cursed on Saturday. Afterwards, we lose track a little and we make this mistake at the end…” There were thirty-two seconds remaining when the Geneva defense, apathetic as a whole and victim of a poor restart from Teemu Hartikainen, allowed Yannick Stampfli to score the only goal of the game. And plunge the GSHC back into its doubts.
Of course there are injuries. Of course, the return from Ticino at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning may have saw a few legs. But against an HC Bienne which was also decimated and forced to field juniors, the whole lacked pep. “The break will do us good mentally, because there is frustration with the results we had,” notes Jan Cadieux. And from the infirmary point of view, we hope for the return of some players (editor’s note: Robert Mayer, Luca Hischier, Marc-Antoine Pouliot and Mike Völlmin).»
A new energy?
Roger Karrer returned to competition on Saturday, exactly four weeks after his broken jaw. Even he wasn’t too sad about taking a break. “It’s going to be important for the bodies, but also for the heads,” said the defender. We’ll be able to go out as a family, do fun things, not think about ice hockey. These four days can give us new energy and, afterward, we will have to attack again!”
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Simon Meier began his career as a sports journalist in 2000 at the newspaper Le Temps before becoming head of the section. In 2013, he joined the sports editorial staff of Le Matin and Le Matin Dimanche then joined that of Sport-Center for the various titles of Tamedia and 20 minutes.More info
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