The Luzern Courier
Match17 Nov 2027
Christian Okafor sends Luzern through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Christian Okafor obliged against St. Gallen. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Luzern.
Match22 Nov 2027
Luzern finish in position 5
22 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.
Squad22 Nov 2027
A fracture rules Granit Akanji out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Luzern will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
A brace, and Christian Okafor takes the afternoon — 8.95
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Christian Okafor provided it, and the 8.95 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Simon Simoni stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Luzern
Tyron Owusu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad22 Nov 2027
A row about effort at Luzern
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matteo di Giusto was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
Luzern supporters have found a favourite in Simon Simoni
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Simon Simoni has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
The game went through Steven Freuler — 6.90
Marked 6.90 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
In brief
- Player ratings Oscar Kabwit beats them one at a time
- The dugout No place for Lennart Stoll on the big day
- The dugout Matteo di Giusto gets picked when it counts