FC St.Gallen leads 4:1 before Lausanne makes the game exciting again with a double strike in the closing stages. But FCSG managed to hold on to the lead - thanks in part to keeper Zigi.
What a game in Lausanne. The home team fought back from 4-1 down against St. Gallen, came close to equalizing but lost 4-3 in the end.
Headers in the 78th and 80th minutes brought Lausanne back into the game, which already seemed to be lost. The Vaud side fought back with all their might in the closing stages to avoid their second defeat in a row, but the eighth goal would not come in a hectic game. Lausanne's lack of points was down to a lack of efficiency. This is also shown by the shot ratio of 21:11.
The game had already got off to a spectacular start: Only 52 seconds had been played when the ball was already in the net. After a corner kick and several headers, the ball landed with defender Isaac Schmidt, who shot directly from the edge of the penalty area and hit the inside of the post for an early lead. Strikers Willem Geubbels (via hand penalty), Chadrac Akolo and Moustapha Cissé scored the next three goals.
St. Gallen have thus recovered well from the false start with the 0:1 against Winterthur. Since then, coach Enrico Maassen's team has celebrated four wins in a row across all competitions, with the offense scoring a brilliant 13 goals. The team from eastern Switzerland will continue their campaign on Wednesday. They will host Slask Wroclaw from Poland in the first leg of their Conference League qualifier.
Man of the Match
Isaac Schmidt: "The full-back scores after 52 seconds with a Sunday shot to take an early lead. He also set up St. Gallen's fourth goal with a wonderful solo run - an impressive performance!" (Joel Di Ronco, commentator blue Sport)
Comments on the game
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Lausanne-Sport - St.Gallen 3:4 (1:2)
6024 spectators. - SR Gianforte. - Goals: 1. Schmidt 0:1. 20. Geubbels (penalty) 0:2. 37. Okoroji (own goal) 1:2. 50. Akolo (Toma) 1:3. 70. Cisse (Schmidt) 1:4. 77. Dussenne (Custodio) 2:4. 80. Diabaté (Dussenne) 3:4.
Lausanne-Sport: Letica; Abdallah, Mouanga, Dussenne, Poaty (13. Polster); Sanches, Custodio, Bernede; Okou (71. de la Fuente), Sène (71. Ajdini), Diabaté.
St.Gallen: Zigi; Schmidt, Diaby, Vallci, Okoroji (63. Yannick); Görtler (46. Stevanovic), Quintillà, Witzig (86. Konietzke); Toma; Geubbels (63. Cisse), Akolo (71. Milosevic).
Cautions: 18 for Dussenne, 54 for Diaby, 58 for Okoroji, 75 for Vallci, 79 for Toma, 84 for Abdallah, 84 for Bernede, 88 for Mouanga.
The live ticker to read
FC Lausanne-Sport
FC St.Gallen
- Chima Okoroji - 1:2 (37.)
- Noe Dussenne - 2:4 (77.)
- Fousséni Diabaté - 3:4 (80.)
- (1.) 0:1 - Isaac Schmidt
- (20.) 0:2 - Willem Geubbels
- (50.) 1:3 - Chadrac Akolo
- (70.) 1:4 - Moustapha Cissé
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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90.+7.End of 2nd half
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88.Yellow card FC Lausanne-Sport
Kevin Mouanga
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84.Yellow card FC Lausanne-Sport
Antoine Bernede
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84.Yellow card FC Lausanne-Sport
Hamza Abdallah
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80.
Diabaté with the double strike
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80.Goal for FC Lausanne-Sport, 3:4 through Fousséni Diabaté (Noe Dussenne)
Fousséni Diabaté
Striker
Assist: Noe Dussenne
Defender
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79.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Mihailo Stevanovic
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77.
Dussenne heads the ball into the net
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77.Goal for FC Lausanne-Sport, 2:4 through Noe Dussenne (Olivier Custodio)
Noe Dussenne
Defender
Assist: Olivier Custodio
Midfielder
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75.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Albert Vallci
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70.
Cissé with his first Super League goal
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70.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:4 through Moustapha Cissé (Isaac Schmidt)
Moustapha Cissé
Striker
Assist: Isaac Schmidt
Defender
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67.
Lausanne sniff the connection - Zigi quick as a flash
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58.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Chima Okoroji
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54.Yellow card FC St.Gallen
Abdoulaye Diaby
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50.
Akolo checkmates the Lausanne defense with a hook
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50.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 1:3 through Chadrac Akolo (Bastien Toma)
Chadrac Akolo
Striker
Assist: Bastien Toma
Midfielder
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.
FCSG sporting director Roger Stilz in the interval interview
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45.+6.End of 1st half
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37.
A curious goal: Lausanne with the deserved follow-up goal
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37.Goal for FC Lausanne-Sport, 1:2 through an own goal by Chima Okoroji
Chima Okoroji
Defender
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26.
Lausanne's Mouanga misses the crossbar
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20.
Geubbels scores decisively from the spot
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20.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 0:2 through penalties from Willem Geubbels
Willem Geubbels
Striker
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18.Yellow card FC Lausanne-Sport
Noe Dussenne
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Isaac Schmidt hammers the Espen fantastically in front
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1.Goal for FC St.Gallen, 0:1 through Isaac Schmidt
Isaac Schmidt
Defender
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1.Start of the match
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Maassen on the game against Lausanne
Enrico Maassen talks to blue Sport ahead of the away game against Lausanne about his team and a strong host.
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Magnin wants to show a reaction with Lausanne
Lausanne played two different games in the Super League opener. They played strongly against Basel and won 3:2, while the Vaud side went down 4:0 in the Rhone derby against Sion. A reaction to the defeat is needed against St.Gallen.