Canepa remains faithful to Rizzo – everything in Minne at FCZ, Lucerne continues to suffer – sport

Zurich win their third consecutive victory against Lucerne. The coach Massimo Rizzo will certainly remain the coach until the winter break.

• Zurich beat Lucerne 2-0 in their home country Letzigrund and celebrated their third straight win.
• An early expulsion of Lucas Alves and two penalties characterize the game.
• FCZ president Ancillo Canepa trusts interim coach Massimo Rizzo at least until the winter break.

FC Lucerne had a lot of plans for the match in Zurich. 2 points out of 5 games, therefore the unanimous opinion of Central Switzerland, did not sufficiently reflect previous performances. However, the efforts were not rewarded with full success even in Zurich.

The hopes have already suffered a bad stop in the 22nd minute. Lucas Alves had to leave the pitch after an emergency brake foul on Blaz Kramer. There was also a penalty for the Zurich team. Benjamin Kololli scored 1-0 for the hosts.

Penalties follow denied hits

Kramer, with so far 3 wins in 4 direct duels, something like the fear of Lucerne in the ranks of Zurich, had already scored with his head shortly before (20th minute). The goal was canceled due to a previous offside by Kololli.

Following exactly the same pattern, the 2-0 fell shortly before half-time. Kololli, again, put a fluff in the gate. The Kosovar international was offside again, no goals. A minute later, Kololli shot Marvin Schulz in the penalty area and referee Lukas Fähndrich saw a hand ball that resulted in another penalty for Zurich. This time it was admitted to Antonio Marchesano, who scored with confidence.

Rizzo confirmed until the winter break

So the game was over, even though Lucerne smelled a fuse again after the yellow-red card against Aiyegun Tosin in the 61st minute and had several chances of hitting the next goal. Tsy William Ndenge forgave the greatest of them in the 66th minute: he failed on the post.

After the game, FCZ president Ancillo Canepa confirmed that he will remain loyal to interim manager Massimo Rizzo for the time being. “Massimo will remain our head coach at least until the winter break. Then we’ll see how things go, ”said Canepa after the 2-0 home match against Lucerne blue. Rizzo has scored three wins in three games since Ludovic Magnin was fired.

So it goes on

After the two-week break in the national team, Lucerne are looking to get the top three against bottom-placed Vaduz. The FCZ then travels to Sion in Valais.