FC Lugano thrashes FC Zürich and takes over the top of the table

English week with a trip to the Faroe Islands

Lugano's next task comes as early as Thursday: in the return leg of the Conference League qualifying round, the Ticino side faces HB Tórshavn away on the Faroe Islands and fights for a place in the Conference League playoffs. The match will be broadcast live on SRF from 19:30 and marks the start of an English week with additional travel demands. Lugano had shaped the first leg against Runavik in such a way that an away match on the Faroe Islands now represents the decisive hurdle on the road to the playoffs.

Cup opener against Vedeggio

As early as the following Sunday comes the next test: in the first round of the Swiss Cup, Lugano faces lower-division representative Vedeggio. The match serves on the one hand as a mandatory task in the national cup competition, but on the other also as a welcome opportunity to rotate the squad in the middle of the English weeks and conserve energy for the additional fixtures. Coach Marcel Koller thus has three defining matches ahead of him in the coming days, in which his team can either consolidate its new place at the top of the table or cede it to the national and international competition.

A look at FC Zürich

FC Zürich, meanwhile, faces the search for an answer to the heavy defeat. The coach and the team will have to analyze the match in order to get back on the winning track in the next league game. The Zurich side, who had most recently still been greeted from the top of the table, must regroup after the thrashing in Ticino and look ahead.

Lugano, for its part, can approach the upcoming tasks with confidence. The top spot in the table gives Marcel Koller's team additional self-assurance for the upcoming appearances in the Conference League and in the Swiss Cup. If the team gets through the rhythm of the English week well, the top spot in Ticino is likely to last longer than just until the next matchday.