Defender Tobias Geisser Scores Game-Winning Goal for Switzerland in Thrilling Victory Over France

Defender Tobias Geisser from EV Zug decided the game after 62 minutes and 18 seconds. He successfully counterattacked. Seconds earlier, Sandro Aeschlimann had made a brilliant save to prevent France from beating Switzerland for the first time in five years (and a 4-3 extra-time win in Geneva in April 2019). Geisser scored for the national team for only the second time. At the last World Cup in Riga he also scored the game winning goal against Kazakhstan.

The conclusion: all’s well that ends well, all’s not well! Despite two wins after 13 losses in a row, the “Eisgenossen” in Basel were still far from World Cup shape. With unprofessional defensive errors, Switzerland allowed France to take a 2-0 lead in the first half. The answer came in the second division, but the increase in performance was no longer enough to win after 60 minutes.

Patrick Fischer appealed to the pride of the actors for the first time a week ago in Slovakia. The fact that loyalty to the system and defensive behavior is lost so quickly even after two weeks of training must stop the national coach.

In the second period, Calvin Thürkauf and Tyler Moy equalized within just over six minutes. Moy had already scored on Friday. In the remaining 30 minutes, the Swiss could not score another goal – despite a shot ratio of 42:12 and a total of 68 attempts (the French stopped 24 shots).

With a third week of training in Kloten and two international matches against Latvia (Friday and Saturday), Patrick Fischer’s World Cup preparations are entering the next phase. More than half a dozen new players will arrive next Tuesday; for others the season ends this weekend. The first confirmation from the NHL, whose regular season ended Thursday, is not expected for the final Euro Hockey Tour tournament until a week later at the earliest. .

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Switzerland – France 3:2 (0:2, 2:0, 0:0, 1:0)

Basel. – 2563 viewers. – SR Hürlimann/Ruprecht, Cattaneo/Stalder. — Goals: 13. Ritz (Kevin Bozon) 0:1. 15. Farnier (Koudri, Bougro) 0:2. 24. Thürkauf (Ambühl, Forum) 1:2. 31. Moy (Egli, Senteler/Exclusion Coulaud) 2:2. 63. (62:18) Geisser (Scherwey, Senteler) 3:2. – Penalties: 0 times 2 minutes against Switzerland, 2 times 2 minutes against France.

Switzerland: Aeschlimann; Aebischer, Young; Forum, Berni; Egli, Geisser; By Coultre; Marchon, Senteler, Scherwey; Lehmann, Ambühl, Thürkauf; Moy, Bader, Künzle; Kessler, Nussbaumer.

France: Ylönen; Yes, auvitu; Thiry, Collard; Bourgeois, Prisaint; Melina; Bruche, Claireaux, Treille; Dair, Ritz, Kevin Bozon; Valier, Koudri, Farnier; Bougro, Colombia, Sarlieve.

Notes: Switzerland without Wüthrich (back-up goalkeeper), Heim (injured), Spoon, Simion, Genoni, Herzog, Richard, Kreis and Haas (all extras). – Shots: Switzerland 42 (13-12-14-3); France 12 (7-2-2-1). – Powerplay Result: Switzerland 1/2; France 0/0.