After 23 minutes, Mario Frick had seen enough: When the score was 0-2, the Lucerne coach took 21-year-old Tyron Owusu off the field, brought on Levin Winkler, who was the same age, and thus set an example. Even though the change was probably made as a preventive measure due to an adductor injury, it actually sent a jolt through the team.
Just seconds later, Thibault Klidjé had a great chance, which he missed. 6 minutes later Donat Rrudhani did better. After a long ball from Klidjé, the 25-year-old went alone to Lausanne goalkeeper Karlo Letica, rounded him and scored the goal.
Lausanne misses the decision
The people of Lucerne didn’t always appear to be on their feet afterwards and so the people from Vaud repeatedly had chances to make the decision after the break. Alvyn Sanches hit the post with his hammer at the best opportunity in the 64th minute after a counter-attack.
And so it happened, as so often happens. In the 80th minute, it was Winkler of all people who scored after Severin Ottiger’s head assist to make it 2-2. In the 90th minute, Joker Adrian Grbic had a great chance to win for the leader. Lausanne striker Sanches rushed back and with an important tackle prevented the big debacle for the Romands, who had been leading for a long time.
Disaster start for Lucerne
At the beginning everything was going well for Lausanne. In the 8th minute, Alban Ajdini used a cross from Teddy Okous, who played for Lucerne last season, to take the early lead. The FCL reacted immediately. But the supposed equalizer by Nicky Beloko just 17 (!) seconds after the restart was disallowed due to a narrow offside position.
In the 18th minute it was the guests again who increased the score to 2-0 through Sanches after an outstanding combination. The FCL reacted quickly again, but again without success. Karim Sow brought Klidjé off his feet in the penalty area. Lars Villiger took the penalty, but his weak shot was missed by Letica. His teammates Stefan Knezevic and Pius Dorn, who ran in too early, disturbed him.
This is how it continues
After the international break, the two teams will continue in two weeks. Lucerne visits the struggling champions in Bern on Saturday and Lausanne welcomes Winterthur on Sunday.
