From: Diego Medolago, in redazione
If the good morning starts in the morning, Lugano’s 2026 could bring great satisfaction. Obviously a single match cannot and must not be taken as absolute truth, but the performance put forward by the Bianconeri in Lucerne can certainly make Croci-Torti and the many fans following the team smile. Not so much for the 5-2 inflicted on the Swiss Centrals, who appeared truly uninspired, but more for the territorial dominance shown at the home of one of the most difficult teams within friendly walls. Instead, Dorn and his teammates collapsed under the blows of Bislimi and Behrens, who made up for Saipi’s initial mistake. A show of strength that can be read as a message to the other teams: if Lugano will always be the one seen on the pitch tonight it is more than legitimate to dream, also because – while waiting for Thun – the top is only 4 points away.
With the newly arrived Delcroix immediately starting and the much talked about Behrens leading the attack, the Sottocenerini took command of the operations immediately albeit in a somewhat affected manner. In fact, the first 20′ passed without any major opportunities, with the Ticino team offering sterile ball possession and the home team waiting at the edge of their own area. It took an episode to ignite the challenge, with Saipi practically throwing himself into the goal with an unpretentious support from Di Giusto. Lugano had the merit of not getting upset, on the contrary: within 5 minutes at the end of the first half Croci-Torti’s men scored three goals in quick succession thanks to Bislimi, author of a sumptuous brace with two very powerful right-footed shots, and Behrens himself, who almost from the baseline killed Loretz at his post with a lightning-fast left-footed shot.
The triple slap received just before the break hurt Frick’s team, who with a couple of substitutions tried to reverse the inertia of the match. An unsuccessful operation, because after a few minutes of adjustment the Bianconeri started to hammer their opponent again, hitting him twice more with Bislimi (sorry, Trislimi given the hat-trick) and Behrens. Strengthened by the large advantage they had accumulated, the Sottocenerini physiologically relaxed a bit, conceding the home team’s second point at the hands of Freimann and wasting, again with Behrens, the opportunity to close the set. Fatty problems for Croci-Torti, who can return home with the knowledge that as long as his team remained on track there was no match. But above all, with the first, very heavy three points of the year.
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