Young Boys seals 6th Swiss soccer league title in 7 years after rallying from firing coach Wicky
Release time：2024-05-21 10:20:50 Source：International Intervals news portal
GENEVA (AP) — Young Boys sealed its sixth Swiss league title in seven years by winning at Servette 1-0 on Monday to complete a late-season rally after firing coach Raphaël Wicky.
Wicky, the former Chicago Fire and United States Under-17s coach, was fired in March after losing three games in a week. Under-21s coach Joël Magnin took interim charge.
Young Boys will enter the revamped 36-team Champions League in the qualification playoffs round in August because Switzerland no longer has a direct entry into the main phase. Young Boys played in a group with Manchester City this season.
Needing just a point at Servette in the second-to-last round, Young Boys took all three on Guinea defender Mohamed Ali Camara’s header in the 73rd minute as a severe rainstorm swept across the stadium.
Young Boys moved nine points clear of second-placed Lugano which lost at Zurich 2-1. Servette is four points further back, meaning Lugano will finish runner-up and enter the Champions League in July at the second qualifying round stage.
The champion from Bern has 17 Swiss league titles to tie Servette in third place on the all-time list.
___
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
- Previous：Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
- Next：Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9
Related articles
- Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension
- Pic story of shadow play artist in Shaanxi
- Xiaomi SU7 heats up EV segment
- Chinese companies set new digging record in tunnelling projects in Nepal
- Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise
- Coal production in China reach historic highs last year
- U.S. puts new hurdles for Chinese cars
- Palestinian girls practice Chinese martial arts in West Bank
- Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26
- Business social credit regulations revised
- Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
- Homegrown chatbot throws hat in AI ring
- Apple CEO highlights Chinese supplier's contribution to carbon emission reduction
- China endeavors to build characteristic towns
- Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
- Intangible cultural heritages brings new color to Fujian's night economy
- Xiaomi's first electric vehicle put on display, drawing crowds
- Stock market mulls future as IPOs slow
- The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
- 20th Shambhala Tourism Festival kicks off in Gansu
Random recommendation