The Sion Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Rilind Nivokazi's — 8.89
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.89, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Josias Lukembila runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sion turn down Young Boys for Georgi Rusev
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sion
Anthony Racioppi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Rilind Nivokazi the difference as Sion beat Zurich
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rilind Nivokazi. 2‑1 against Zurich, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Noé Sow
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Benjamin Kololli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dinis Rodrigues dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sion bring in Tiago Gabriel on loan
A season-long audition: Lecce still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Sion's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
In brief
- The terraces The press have found their man in Rilind Nivokazi
- The terraces The stand has a song for Rilind Nivokazi