If Friborg Olympic suffered on Saturday evening in Montreux, to overcome Union Neuchâtel in the semi-final of the League Cup (73-69), he lived two matches on Sunday, in the final against the Lions of Geneva , that he finally defeated 81-68.
The men of Thibaut Petit went to the floor from the first quarter where they suffocated the Genevans. The Lions were the only ones to have beaten them this season, in the round of 16 of the Swiss Cup in December. But at the end of the first ten minutes, Olympic already had 15 points ahead (28-13), a abyss.
This advantage, they kept it until half-time (51-35), before putting a little pressure on the men of Patrick Pembele from the start of the third quarter, by placing a 7-0 in Five minutes.
This is the moment that the Genevans chose to rebel. They threatened the Friborg hegemony by winning the third quarter (14-12), before making Olympic fans tremble in the last period returning to three lengths (65-62), a little more than three minutes of the end.
-It took a revival of pride from the Friborgers to put order in their game to finally win 13 points ahead.
This is the ninth time that Friborg Olympic has won the League Cup, a title they had already won last season.
