YB ends a difficult half-year with a home win against Servette

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YB – Servette 2:1

The Young Boys showed morale in the last game before the winter break and ended the weak first half of the year with a 2-1 home win against Servette.

It has been difficult days for the Young Boys since the tragedy involving Meschack Elia’s son. Football faded into the background, even before kick-off in Wankdorf. The deceased four-year-old was remembered with a minute’s silence after the Servette players all entered the stadium wearing Elia’s number 15 jersey.

So the people of Bern were perhaps not quite in the mood for football, the list of absences was long and their energy reserves have already been used up after the long, hectic last few months.

YB’s reaction to the false start to the game after the early 0-1 was all the more remarkable. Darian Males was in the right place twice, after a cross from Cedric Itten in the 37th minute and after a corner just seconds after the break. “The team believed in itself despite the deficit,” said Males on “Blue”.

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There wasn’t enough from Servette after the 1-0 lead in the 6th minute. Dereck Kutesa’s dribbling, followed by the low shot for the Swiss international’s eleventh goal of the season, was for a long time a very lonely highlight in the Geneva game, who had to do without the injured Alexis Antunes as well as the suspended Timothé Cognat. The big opportunity for a second goal came in the 83rd minute when Jérémy Guillemenot hit the post.

With only one win from the last seven games, the Geneva team have somewhat carelessly missed out on a better starting position for the second part of the season in recent weeks. The lead over YB is only six points. For the people of Bern, these are interesting prospects for next year. It remains to be seen whether Joël Magnin will still be the coach.

Young Boys – Servette 2:1 (1:1)
29’215 Zuschauer. – MR Cibelli.
Tore: 6. Measurement (Symbol) 0:1. 37. Males (Itten) 1:1. 46. ​​Males (Lauper) 2:1.
Young Boys: von Ballmoos; Athecame, Lauper, Benedict, Blum; Males (91. Imeri), Lakomy, Ugrinic (91. Husic), Virginius (39. Mountaineer); Ganvoula (79. Steel), Itten.
Napkins: Frick; Tsunemoto, Adams, Severin (50. Baron), Mazikou; Rouiller, Ondoua (63. Guillemenot); Magnin, Stevanovic (75. Crivelli), Kutesa; Simbakoli (64. Ouattara).
Remarks: Warnings: 68. Athekame, 82. Males.

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