The Luzern Courier
Match25 Nov 2027
Lars Villiger lights up a European night for Luzern
3‑3 against KV Mechelen, and a performance that will be described to people who were not there for the rest of the season. Lars Villiger was at the centre of the description.
Match25 Nov 2027
Luzern let it slip despite Lars Villiger
Lars Villiger had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and KV Mechelen were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.
Match29 Nov 2027
Luzern up to position 2
26 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Both of them Lars Villiger's — 9.17
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.17, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Vintage Adrien Thomasson — 7.85
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.85, and nobody on the pitch better.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Silvan Widmer keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Luzern may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Luzern
Federico Bicoro 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.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
No hiding place for David Okereke
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Okereke, and the manager let it.
Match28 Nov 2027
Luzern rescue it on 91 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 91. Thun had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- The dugout The team sheet said everything about Sinan Karweina
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Sinan Karweina
- Squad Silvan Widmer stays put