FC Thun football players celebrated the first Swiss championship title in the club’s history in an unusual way.
Although they suffered a heavy defeat on their home field BSC Young Boys with a score of 3:8 in the match of the 37th round, the celebration at the Stockhorn Arena could still begin.
Thun is the title secured at the beginning of May, even three rounds before the end of the championship, when he had an unattainable 11 points advantage over FC St. Gallen, says N1.
Interestingly, the new champion of Switzerland he completely dropped in the end of the season. In the last four rounds, they recorded four defeats, while in the last seven games they lost as many as six times. However, their competitors did not take advantage of the opportunity to threaten them more seriously.
Historic season for Thun
Thun is this success wrote the history of the club winning the first title of national champion in its 128 years of existence, immediately after returning to the highest rank of Swiss football.
Although there is one more round left until the end of the season, in which Thun visits St. Gallena, the cup was presented to them already after the game against Young Boys in front of the home fans.
Captain Marco Bürki he lifted the trophy and caused great enthusiasm in the stadium — only about fifty minutes after receiving it red card due to elbowing an opposing player.
Emotional reactions after winning the title
We received a trophy, which is the best possible gift because this is the first time in the history of Thun. I am so happy that we can experience this together, the coach said Mauro Lustrinelli for SRF.
Midfielder Justin Roth he admitted that the team is still not fully aware of what they have achieved.
I think the whole team still can’t believe it. When you see the confetti and the trophy, everything seems more real, but I believe we all need a little more time to understand what we have done, Roth said.
He was of a similar opinion Leonardo Bertone.
Fortunately, we have already secured the title. Of course we imagined a different scenario today, but in the end it doesn’t even matter. We have to be proud of everything we’ve done, regardless of the last few games, said Bertone.
Before the last round, Thun is the leader with 74 points, St. Gallen has 69, FC Lugano 64, followed by FC Sion with 62, FC Basel with 56 and Young Boys with 54 points.
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