Zürich conquers Luzern 1-0 with a late goal scored by A. Marchesano

LUZERN. Zürich snatched a late win Luzern 1-0 after A. Marchesano scored just 1 goal (90').

By
Luke Meyer
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Zürich conquers Luzern 1-0 with a late goal scored by A. Marchesano

LUZERN. Zürich snatched a late win Luzern 1-0 after A. Marchesano scored just 1 goal (90′). Zürich was surely superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the swissporarena stadium in Luzern on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 14,648 spectators.​ The referee was Lukas Fähndrich with the help of Guillaume Maire and Sladan Josipovic. The 4th official was Marijan Drmic. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.63 degrees Celsius or 54.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Luzern

0 - 1

Team 1

Zürich

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 9 Total 17
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 3 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 5
  • 101 Attack 127
  • 41 Dangerous attack 66
  • 76 Ball safe 83
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 5
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 22
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Zürich had a superior ball possession 67% while Luzern was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zürich had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zürich won the encounter.​

Luzern shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Zürich shot 17 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Luzern received 2 yellow cards (Leny Meyer and Nicky Beloko). On the other side, Zürich received 1 yellow card (Calixte Paul Ligue).

Match Timeline

15'
C. Ligue- Yellow
Nicky Beloko- Yellow
57'
59'
D. Afriyie- sub ->Calixte Paul Ligue
59'
A. Oko-Flex- sub ->Fabian Rohner
Leny Meyer- Yellow
61'
Sofyan Chader - sub ->Teddy Okou
62'
Martin Frydek- sub ->Leny Meyer
62'
75'
Amadou Dante- sub ->Nikola Boranijašević
L. Villiger- sub ->Thibault Klidjé 
75'
Mauricio Willimann- sub ->Denis Simani
82'
90'
Antonio Marchesano(goal)
90'
Nils Reichmuth- sub ->Jonathan Okita

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Young Boys
65
0
Lugano
59
33
Servette
57
0
St. Gallen
50
0
Winterthur
49
0
Zürich
48
33
Luzern
44
33
Lausanne Sport
40
33
Basel
40
33
Yverdon Sport
40
33
Grasshopper
30
33
Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
23
33

After playing this contest, Luzern stays with 34 points like Lugano to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Zürich will has 39 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Luzern – Formation

Luzern
G
P. Loretz 1.Switzerland
7.7
D
Jesper Löfgren 3.Sweden
7.7
D
L. Jaquez 4.Switzerland
7.7
D
Denis Simani 5.Switzerland
7.3
82'
M
A. Jashari 6.Switzerland
6.7
M
Nicky Beloko 18.Switzerland
6.8
62' 57'
M
Dario Ulrich 22.Switzerland
7.7
M
Nicolas Haas 32.Switzerland
7.1
M
Leny Meyer 33.Switzerland
6.4
62' 61'
F
Teddy Okou 11.France
7.1
62'
F
Thibault Klidjé 17.Togo
6.6
75'
Substitutes
G
Vaso Vasic 90.Serbia
D
Martin Frydek 13.Czech Republic
6.7
62'
D
Mauricio Willimann 23.Switzerland
6.3
82'
M
J. Kadák 16.Slovakia
M
Noah Rupp 41.Switzerland
M
Sofyan Chader  69.France
7.3
62'
F
L. Villiger 27.Switzerland
6.6
75'

Luzern started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Mario Frick decided to play with the following team: Pascal Loretz (7.7), Luca Jaquez (7.7), Jesper Löfgren (7.7), Denis Simani (7.3), Ardon Jashari (6.7), Dario Ulrich (7.7), Nicolas Haas (7.1), Nicky Beloko (6.8), Leny Meyer (6.4), Thibault Klidjé  (6.6) and Teddy Okou (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Frydek (6.7), Jakub Kadak, Mauricio Willimann (6.3), Lars Villiger (6.6), Levin Winkler (6.4), Noah Rupp, Sofyan Chader (7.3) and Vaso Vasic.

Luzern could not rely on the presence of Mauricio Willimann (injured).

Substitutions

Luzern made 4 changes: Thibault Klidjé  for Lars Villiger (75′), Teddy Okou for Sofyan Chader (62′), Leny Meyer for Martin Frydek (62′) and Denis Simani for Mauricio Willimann (82′).

Player of the match: Pascal Loretz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Luzern was the goalkeeper: Pascal Loretz. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.

Zürich – Formation

Zürich
G
Yanick Brecher  25.Switzerland
7.8
D
Nikola Boranijasevic 19.Serbia
7.1
75'
D
Rodrigo Conceição 27.Portugal
8.1
D
Mirlind Kryeziu 31.Kosovo
7.9
D
Lindrit Kamberi 2.Switzerland
7.3
M
Bledian Krasniqi 7.Switzerland
7.5
M
Antonio Marchesano 10.Switzerland
7.7
90' Goals90'
M
Jonathan Okita 11.Germany
7.0
90'
M
Ifeanyi Mathew 12.Nigeria
7.1
M
Fabian Rohner 23.Switzerland
6.8
59'
F
C. Ligue 20.Switzerland
6.7
59' 15'
Substitutes
G
Zivko Kostadinovic 1.Switzerland
D
Silvan Wallner 4.Switzerland
D
Marc Hornschuh 16.Germany
D
Amadou Dante 44.Mali
6.8
75'
M
Nils Reichmuth 37.Switzerland
90'
F
Ivan Santini 9.Croatia
F
D. Afriyie 18.Ghana
6.7
59'
F
A. Oko-Flex 22.England
7.1
59'

Zürich started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Bo Henriksen played with: Yanick Brecher (7.8), Nikola Boranijašević (7.1), Lindrit Kamberi (7.3), Mirlind Kryeziu (7.9), Rodrigo Conceição (8.1), Ifeanyi Mathew (7.1), Bledian Krasniqi (7.5), Fabian Rohner (6.8), Antonio Marchesano (7.7), Jonathan Okita (7.0) and Calixte Paul Ligue (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Živko Kostadinović, Silvan Wallner, Ivan Santini, Marc Hornschuh, Daniel Afriyie (6.7), Armstrong Oko-Flex (7.1), Cheveyo Tsawa, Nils Reichmuth and Amadou Dante (6.8).

Substitutions

Zürich made 4 changes: Calixte Paul Ligue for Daniel Afriyie (59′), Fabian Rohner for Armstrong Oko-Flex (59′), Nikola Boranijašević for Amadou Dante (75′) and Jonathan Okita for Nils Reichmuth (90′).

Player of the match: Rodrigo Conceição​

The player that probably impressed the most for Zürich was Rodrigo Conceição even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 65 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 25. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​