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Today's Swiss Super League match: FC Basel vs FC Lausanne-Sports

FC Basel: Sommer; Steinhöfer, Sauro, Dragovic, Park; Cabral, Yapi, D. Degen; F.Frei, Streller Salah.

FC Lausanne-Sports: Debonnaire; Katz, Tall, Sonnerat, Facchinetti; Rodrigo, Avanzini, Marazzi, Malonga; Sanogo, Moussilou.

43.) 1:0 Marco Streller (assist Mohamed Salah)
82.) 2:0 Mohamed Salah (assist Valentin Stocker)

FT - FC Basel 2:0 FC Lausanne-Sports

Yann Sommer and Mohamed Salah

i know ,i know ! U have 2update something like that: Sommer had ...etc Well 2b fair U're right in a way coz he> Sommer is really a brilliant player-keeper, Fantastic . Congrats RWO ..>Sommer und Basel.

Well, he managed to keep another clean sheet today

BTW, this new guy Mohamed Salad was an absolute top transfer! I really hope that Basel will manage to get past Cluj to reach the Champions League group stage!

I showed my ma Yann Sommer.

She thinks he's very good looking

And Basel will do it. If Basel are in the CL again, I look forward to a couple upsets

Your Ma has good taste, too, it seems

Well, tonight is the hour of truth! Cluj are very likely not just rolling over, and Basel did lose two very important players with Shaqiri and Xhaka. But I have high hopes that the new guys Salah and Diaz will step in. And of course there is always this great young goalie

CL 2012/13 Qualification Play-off FC Basel vs CFR Cluj:







44.) 1:0 - beautiful goal by Marco Streller!
66.) 1:1 - Modou Sougou
Basel get punished for squandering too many chances.
71.) 1:2 - Modou Sougou
And again Basel's defense was missing in action and nowhere in the vicinity of the Cluj attacker

FT - FC Basel 1:2 CFR Cluj

Basel was actually the more attacking side and ran towards the Cluj goal and then they allowed Cluj altogether 5 counters (one in the 1st half, 4 in the second) where practically the whole defense got totally overrun
Luckily "only" two goals for Cluj resulted from them (two of the chances were nicely saved by Yann Sommer, one luckily by the goalpost). On the other side, Basel missed a good handful of sitters. Playing like this, a team just can't win.

It will be interesting to see if Basel can turn this around away in Cluj next week.

Today's Swiss Super League match: FC St.Gallen vs FC Basel


(Photo: Sacha Grossenbacher/fcb.ch)

FC Basel: Sommer - Steinhöfer, Kovac, Dragovic, Voser - Salah, F. Frei, Diaz, Stocker - Zoua, A. Frei

FC St.Gallen: Lopar - Mutsch, Stocklasa, Montandon, Pa Madou - Nater, Janjatovic - Mathys, Scarione, Regazzoni - Cavusevic

10.) 0:1 - Jacques Zoua
51.) 1:1 - Dzengis Cavusevic
71.) 2:1 - Alberto Regazzoni

FT FC St.Gallen 2:1 FC Basel

CL Qualifier CFR Cluj vs FC Basel (2nd leg)







The first leg ended FC Basel 1:2 CFR Cluj, so Basel needs a 2:0 or 3:1 win.



Things don't look too well yet as Cluj is much more dangerous in front of the Basel goal than vice versa. In the 6th minute, Yann Sommer could just avoid the lead for Cluj by a beautiful save, but in the 20th minute, Kapetanos scored the 1:0 for Cluj. Now Basel need 2 goals to extra time and 3 goals to win outright...

Basel got a penalty for a foul in the box, but Alex Frei skies it in the 43th minute

FT CFR Cluj 1:0 FC Basel

I really hope (& fervently pray) that UEFA wakes-up and put some decent money into the Europa League. Not only clubs like Basel (& the horde from Spain and Germany) will benefit the EL actually deserves it.

I agree. Although, with today's performance, Basel would be ripped apart in the CL, and I guess Cluj will suffer a similar fate. So maybe Basel is currently actually better off in the EL. And the Basel board fortunately didn't plan with CL money in any case.

As Basel crashed out in the last CL qualifier, they went straight into the EL group stage where they were drawn into the following group:

Group G:
Sporting Lissabon (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
KRC Genk (BEL)
FC Videoton (HUN)

Fixtures:
Th 20 Sep 2012, 21:05: Sporting Lissabon (POR) vs FC Basel
Th 04 Oct 2012, 19:00: FC Basel vs KRC Genk (BEL)
Th 25 Oct 2012. 19:00: FC Videoton (HUN) vs FC Basel
Th 08 Nov 2012, 21:05: FC Basel vs FC Videoton (HUN)
Th 22 Nov 2012, 19:00: FC Basel vs Sporting Lissabon (POR)
Th 06 Dec 2012, 21:05: KRC Genk (BEL) vs FC Basel

Today's Swiss Super League match: FC Basel vs FC Zürich



FC Basel: : Sommer; Steinhöfer, Sauro, Dragovic, Park; Diaz, Cabral, F. Frei, Stocker; A. Frei, Streller

FC Zürich: Da Costa; Djimsiti, Beda, Teixeira, Benito; Glarner, Kukeli, Buff, Drmic; Gavranovic, Chiumiento

FT FCB 0:0 FCZ

One could mostly summarize this match with one word: "Yawn."



As for something different - Yann Sommer was voted Man of the Match for the games Cluj vs Basel: http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28551/16/7


(Photo: Sacha Grossenbacher/fcb.ch)

On a scale of 6 (very good) to 1 (abysmal), he got a 5.09. Cabral on second place got a 3.49 and Alexander Frei with a 3.09 reached the third place. All in all, the Basel team was a real disappointment in that match with the sole exception of Yann Sommer, a fact one could easily see from the ratings.

Same in the Tageswoche.ch, btw: http://www.tageswoche.ch/de/2012_34/sport/454512/nur-sommer-war-auf-der-hoehe-die-einzelkritiken-zu-cluj-basel.htm


A bit tousled after the match, but so cute anyway <3

Oh, and by the way, for the international matches of the Swiss NT in the next week, from Basel both Valentin Stocker and Yann Sommer were called up.

During the international break, the FC Basel will play a test match against the 1.FC Kaiserslautern in the stadium of Solothurn on Friday 7 Sep 2012 at 18:30 GMT+2. This match is scheduled as part of the 111th anniversary celebration of the FC Solothurn.

Source: http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28543/16/7


Squee!!! FCB.tv made my day and published an interview with Yann Sommer <3

http://www.fcb.ch/articles/show/paragraph/-/-/2677/108/11/81/2686#cntFrm

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Guess what? Next MotM vote (for FCB-FCZ) went to Yann Sommer, too: http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28590/16/7

The first round of the Swiss Cup was not a match for me. Heiko Vogel put Germano Vailati into the goal. *sulk*

FC Amriswil vs FC Basel

Basel: Vailati - Ph. Degen, Dragovic, Sauro, Ajeti - Jevtic, Cabral, F. Frei, D. Degen - A. Frei, Zoua.

Goals: 14. Zoua 0:1, 31. F. Frei 0:2, 32. Zoua (A. Frei) 0:3, 43. A. Frei (Zoua). 75. Contartese, 84. A. Frei (Cabral) 1:5, 90. Salah (A. Frei) 1:6

FT FC Amriswil 1:6 FC Basel

Europa League - Group Stage



Sporting Lisbon vs FC Basel 1893

Sporting Lisbon: Rui Patricio; Pranjic, Rojo, Xandao, Cédric; Ismailow, Fernandes, Elias; Carrillo, Van Wolfswinkel, Capel

FC Basel: Sommer; Steinhöfer, Sauro, Dragovic, Joo Ho; Salah, Cabral, Diaz, Stocker; Streller, A. Frei



HT Sporting Lisbon 0:0 FC Basel 1893



In the 50th minute, Sporting's Xandao got sent off, but still there was no real chance for Basel to profit from it.

FT Sporting Lisbon 0:0 FC Basel 1893

Today's Swiss Super League match: Young Boys Bern vs FC Basel





HT - Young Boys 0:0 FC Basel


The goalies: Markus Wölfli and Yann Sommer


Probably the busiest man on the pitch today: Yann Sommer

Arrgggllll! Now it happened after all - a slightly deflected shot by Zarate left Yann Sommer no chance and so it is 1:0 for YB now in the 50th minute.

Finally - in the 73th minute, Streller heads in a cross by Steinhöfer, making it 1:1. Not quite deserved, but what the heck. BTW, I really want to see a videos with a collection of Yann Sommer's great saves of today!

FT - Young Boys 1:1 FC Basel

BTW, here's the MBM from Blick.ch (in Swiss German): http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/bsc-young-boys-bern-fc-basel-id1928514.html

By the way - as expected, Yann Sommer was chosen MotM for the EL group stage match against Sporting CP on 20 Sep 2012 (6 is the best, 1 is the worst mark):

1. Yann Sommer 4.92
2. Valentin Stocker 4.65
3. Cabral 4.52

Source: http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28671/26/7/7

And also for the Swiss Super League match Young Boys vs FC Basel on 23 Sep 2012

1. Yann Sommer 5.43
2. Valentin Stocker 4.19
3. Marco Streller 4.18

Source: http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28704/16/7

Today's Swiss Super League match: FC Basel vs FC Sion:

FC Basel (4-4-2): Sommer; P. Degen, Sauro, Dragovic, Voser; Salah, Diaz, Cabral, Stocker; A. Frei, Streller.

FC Sion (4-4-2): Vanins; Sauthier, Aislan, Dingsdag, Bühler; Margairaz, Gattuso, Crettenand, Serey Die, Leo, Lafferty

42. - 1:0 (Philip Degen)
44. - 1:1 (Gnnaro Gattuso)

HT: FC Basel 1:1 FC Sion

The Swiss TV is amazing - after there was quite some controversy about some referee decisions in the last matches, they decided to pay the refs of this match a visit in the half time break. Maybe to figure out whether they plan some conspiracy against FC Sion this time?


Alain Bieri and his colleagues


Gennaro Gattuso scored his first goal in the Swiss Super League (but why had it to be against Yann Sommer? *sulk*

55. - 2:1 (Philip Degen)
73. - 3:1 (Valentin Stocker)
80. - 4:1 (Gaston Sauro)

No Basel match without a Yann Sommer pic

(Photo: Sacha Grossenbacher/fcb.ch)

FT - FC Basel 4:1 FC Sion

Gahh. As I was so happy celebrating RWO's away victory over BMG II with a resounding 5:2, I totally missed the match of Basel against Lausanne-Sports

And when I went through the MBM of the match, I had to read that a big blunder of Yann Sommer cost Basel the victory. (Although you could just as well say that the Basel strikers cost them the victory as they missed a couple of chances that could have put Basel 3 or 4 goals up in the first half!). Ah well, next time I won't miss the match and I'm sure then he'll be in top form again!

Saturday's Swiss Super League match: Lausanne-Sport vs FC Basel:

Lausanne-Sport: Favre; Chakhsi, Katz, Sonnerat, Facchinetti; Rodrigo, Gabri; Tafer (62. Khelifi), Sanogo, Malonga (79. Kamber); Moussilou (86. Roux).

Basel: Sommer; Steinhöfer, Dragovic, Schär, Voser; Cabral; Salah (72. David Degen), Fabian Frei, Stocker; Alex Frei, Streller (59. Zoua).

02.) 0:1 (Mohamed Salah, assist by Cabral)
64.) 1:1 (Matt Devlin Moussilou, assist by Sanogo)

FT - Lausanne-Sport 1:1 FC Basel


Not so happy with today's performance, but still absolutely cute

I almost forgot...

Sunday's Swiss Super League match: FC Basel vs Servette FC

FC Basel: Yann Sommer; Philipp Degen (78. Steinhöfer), Sauro, Schär, Voser; David Degen (66. Salah), Fabian Frei, Cabral, Stocker; Zoua (93. Grether), Streller.

Servette FC: Gonzalez; Schneider, Kusunga, Mfuyi, Ruefli; Tréand, Kouassi, Pont, Lang; Pasche (57. Esteban); De Azevedo (88. Routis).

12.) 1:0 - Tréand, assist by Pasche
36.) 1:1 - Schär, assist by Fabian Frei
37.) 2:1 - David Degen, assist by Streller
52.) 3:1 - Streller, assist by Zoua
65.) 3:2 - Lang

FT - FC Basel 3:2 Servette FC

Oops, I almost forgot something:

FC Basel just fired Heiko Vogel as coach. He will be replaced by Murat Yakin (who has been a Basel player for some years, before he went into coaching), who was recently fired by FC Luzern...

Source: http://fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/28834/16/7

Sunday's Swiss Super League match: FC Luzern vs FC Basel:

FC Luzern (4-4-2): Zibung; Thiesson, Stahel, Puljic, Lustenberger; Hyka (82., Sarr), Wiss (69., Hochstrasser), Muntwiler, Andrist; Winter, Lezcano (73., Kryeziu)

FC Basel (3-5-2): Sommer; Ajeti, Kovac (75., Zoua), Dragovic; P. Degen, F. Frei, Cabral (57., Salah), Yapi, D. Degen (69., Steinhöfer); A. Frei, Streller

1:0 - Arlind Ajeti (59., OG )

FT - FC Luzern 1:0 FC Basel


Yann Sommer is not a happy bunny today...

What the heck is going on with Basel? Now it was pretty obvious that sacking Heiko Vogel (who was actually pretty well liked by the fans) for Murat Yakin (who is a not so well-liked figure after he talked Basel down quite a bit when he was still coach of Luzern) wasn't exactly the solution. They were clearly the inferior team today and the switch to a 3-player defense obviously didn't work either. Well, I hope next match will look better...

EL Group Stage - Match Day 3: Videoton FC vs FC Basel 1893

Videoton: Nikolic; Bozovic; Brachi, Marco Caneira, Paulo Vinicius, Szolnoki; Renato Neto, Mitrovic; Balufo (86. Torghelle), Sandor (73. Toth), Gyurcso (79. Oliveira); Nikolic.

FC Basel: Sommer; Steinhöfer, Schär, Dragovic, Park (46. Voser); Cabral; David Degen (67. Fabian Frei), Diaz, Stocker, Salah (57. Pak); Streller.

02.) 1:0 - Nikolic (assist Brachi)
32.) 2:0 - Caneira (assist Gyurcso)
91.) 2:1 - Schär (assist Fabian Frei)

FT - Videoton FC 2:1 FC Basel 1893

*sighs* Things don't look too well for Basel's EL campaign...


Yann Sommer a bit upset at the Basel defenders XD

Sunday's Swiss Super League match: FC Zürich vs FC Basel 1893

FC Zürich: Da Costa; Teixeira, Djimsiti, Glarner, Gavranovic, Koch, Kukeli, Jahovic, Kajevic, Schönbächler, Chiumiento

FC Basel: Sommer; P. Degen, Schär, Dragovic, Steinhöfer; Gilles Yapi; D. Degen, A. Frei, F. Frei, Stocker; Streller

As the Basel players complained that FC Zürich only parked the bus when they met last time, the driver of the FCZ Bus promised they'd do it even better this time:


Maybe they should have better tried a snow mobile.

As you can see, Zürich are playing in white and grey camouflage kits to give themselves even more of an advantage over Basel:


But not even the snow camouflage helped much...

06.) 0:1 - Fabian Schär (assist Alex Frei)
29.) 0:2 - Alex Frei (assist Philipp Degen) - First goal of Alex Frei after a 643 minute goal drought!



*snif* This time the cutest goalie of them all couldn't save the penalty that was awarded to Zürich in the 87th minute (Gavranovic scored).



FT - FC Zürich 1:2 FC Basel 1893