Goal celebrations and rubber throws in Basel: FCB advance to the 1/8 finals

It’s like an evening, like the good old, successful times for Basel. The times when Basel dominated the national championship, but also gave great chances on the European stage and made big teams on the continent stumble. The 2-1 victory over United, which took the FCB to the Champions League round of 16 at the expense of the English, was eleven and a half years ago. The then FCB coach: Heiko Vogel.

Now the German is back on the fields of Basel. On a temporary basis, but it seems that the 47-year-old has regained success on the European stage with his presence alone. The Basel team won the second leg of the sixteenth final of the Conference League with a score of 2:0 against Trabzonspor and, after losing 0:1, reached the 1/8 finals a week ago.

Luck is on FCB’s side

FCB defended the lead that Zeki Amdouni snatched in the 13th minute from a long serve by Michael Lang and which his hitting partner Andi Zekiri extended with a lead in the 76th minute. The gap in the first leg was finally made up and goaltender Marvin Hitz was once again the deciding figure in the game with several saves.

Luck favored the Baslerites: when Trabzonspor allegedly equalized the score an hour later, the referee, having studied the video, fixed an offside position. After that, numerous Turkish fans allegedly applauded again, but again the Turkish player was offside.

Basel’s European journey continues into the 1/8 finals. March 9, first at home against Bratislava Slovan, and a week later on the road.

Police with rubber bullets against fans

Following Thursday night’s game, the Basel police fired rubber bullets at some supporters of the Turkish team. Groups of supporters from both teams wanted to attack each other in the area of ​​St. Jakobs Straße and Gellert Straße.

Around 11:15 p.m., hot scenes occurred, the Basel-Stadt cantonal police said on Friday evening. The situation calmed down after the use of rubber shot.

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