You can ask why this process took so long. Meyer spoke to potential successors days before Thomas Häberli was released. It was only over two weeks later that the FCL announced the end of the search. Why? One can only speculate, but the FCL has probably not been able to agree with the preferred coach Bruno Berner.
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But now it’s Celestini judge. A man who knows football and the Swiss league and who will not be denied professional competence. Only he doesn’t speak the German language very well. Football is international, no question about it. But not necessarily in Central Switzerland. There is one problem above all: communication. And that will hardly improve with a western Swiss on Meyer’s side.
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Meyer takes a big risk one with Celestini. Because for the time being, he will certainly not please the fans. They would have liked a René van Eck. A Bernese would also have been accepted because he came from Kriens’ little brother. But a man from Lausanne? It remains to be seen.
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Ultimately decides – as always in football – the Totomat. If Celestini can rekindle the enthusiasm for football in Lucerne, the last but one in Central Switzerland will also be reassured. If the points are still missing, Celestini is quickly gone – and so is Meyer.