The Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Chronicle
Squad21 Dec 2026
Nicola Sutter in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cédric Brunner is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Jessé Hautier knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Rayan Kadima
“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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Loïc Socka gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Loïc Socka is on it.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes Matteo Soncin a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Stade Lausanne-Ouchy. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Fabio Daprelà
- Squad Welcome back, Ivo Zakaria