FC Basel defeated Grasshopper Club 1-0 in a Swiss football match. Bénie Traoré scored the only goal shortly after halftime. Near the end, after added time had elapsed, GC captain Amir Abrashi received a direct red card for hitting a Basel player in the back after being pushed by Koba Koindredi.
After the match, Abrashi had a confrontation with FC Basel coach Stephan Lichtsteiner as he walked past the Basel bench. The confrontation lasted several seconds before they were separated by the fourth official, Nico Gianforte. What exactly was said during the confrontation is not known.
I think you don't need to embellish this now. That belongs to football. It was an action in which he hit our player in the face – I simply protect my player.
Stephan Lichtsteiner received a yellow card in the 68th minute for protesting too vehemently to the officials, but he had no consequences from the confrontation with Abrashi. Amir Abrashi will receive a suspension after the red card incident, though how long the suspension will be is unclear. Stephan Lichtsteiner said, 'I think you don't need to embellish this now.
That belongs to football. ' He added, 'I communicate with them because I want to understand something. Okay, today I got the yellow card.
I communicate with them because I want to understand something. Okay, today I got the yellow card. But that belongs to football, that I want to look at a few things with the fourth official. You don't always have to look at me with Argus eyes. Emotions simply belong to it.
But that belongs to football, that I want to look at a few things with the fourth official. You don't always have to look at me with Argus eyes. ' Regarding the match performance, Stephan Lichtsteiner said, 'The first 15 minutes were very good, then we completely lost the thread.
We had extremely many ball losses and became extremely passive with the ball. After halftime it got better and we made it 1:0. Then we had many misplaced passes again.
' He noted he was only satisfied with the start and the result of the match. FC Basel is in fourth place with 46 points, ten games before the end of the season, while St. Gallen is in second place and Lugano in third, five and three points ahead of FC Basel respectively.