Grasshopper Club Zurich and Young Boys drew 3-3 in a sometimes wild match at Letzigrund Stadium.

Young Boys are currently playing their week at Letzigrund Stadium. On Sunday, they secured a fortunate 3-2 victory against FC Zürich, but four days later, they failed to secure another three points at the same venue against Grasshoppers. The wild match ended in a 3-3 draw.

That Giorgio Contini's team would leave Zurich with anything of note at all – for a long time, it didn't look that way at all. Bern were 0-2 down after 25 minutes. Simone Stroscio with a shot from a tight angle and Oscar Clemente with a well-placed long-range finish ensured a dream start for Gerald Scheiblehner's team.

And the Austrian's team wasn't fazed by Sergio Cordova's almost immediate equalizer and came closer to a third goal than Young Boys were to an equalizer. The equalizer finally came, however, when Christian Fassnacht, after a pass from Bedia, found himself one-on-one with Justin Hammel after about an hour and gave him no chance.

With Jonathan Asp-Jensen, Grasshoppers have an exceptionally talented player in their ranks, and the on-loan Bayern Munich player seemed poised to finally deliver the winning goal for Zurich with his curling shot after 74 minutes. This was all the more remarkable given that Tanguy Zoukrou committed an act of violence shortly afterwards and was sent off with a red card.

But after a handball, Chris Bedia seized what was probably Bern's last golden opportunity to salvage a point from the penalty spot. Young Boys, who have only managed two points in their last four matches against GC, will likely be relatively satisfied with this point, especially since Saidy Janko became the second Bern player to be sent off with his second yellow card in stoppage time.

Nevertheless, Contini's team would surely have preferred to go into Sunday's prestigious match against FC Basel with three points.

(sda) Grasshoppers and Young Boys drew 3-3 in a sometimes wild match at Zurich's Letzigrund stadium. Chris Bedia rescued a point for the Bernese side with a last-minute penalty goal.

Young Boys are currently playing their week at Letzigrund Stadium. On Sunday, they secured a fortunate 3-2 victory against FC Zürich, but four days later, they failed to secure another three points at the same venue against Grasshoppers. The wild match ended in a 3-3 draw.

That Giorgio Contini's team would leave Zurich with anything of note at all – for a long time, it didn't look that way at all. Bern were 0-2 down after 25 minutes. Simone Stroscio with a shot from a tight angle and Oscar Clemente with a well-placed long-range finish ensured a dream start for Gerald Scheiblehner's team.

And the Austrian's team wasn't fazed by Sergio Cordova's almost immediate equalizer and came closer to a third goal than Young Boys were to an equalizer. The equalizer finally came, however, when Christian Fassnacht, after a pass from Bedia, found himself one-on-one with Justin Hammel after about an hour and gave him no chance.

With Jonathan Asp-Jensen, Grasshoppers have an exceptionally talented player in their ranks, and the on-loan Bayern Munich player seemed poised to finally deliver the winning goal for Zurich with his curling shot after 74 minutes. This was all the more remarkable given that Tanguy Zoukrou committed an act of violence shortly afterwards and was sent off with a red card.

But after a handball, Chris Bedia seized what was probably Bern's last golden opportunity to salvage a point from the penalty spot. Young Boys, who have only managed two points in their last four matches against GC, will likely be relatively satisfied with this point, especially since Saidy Janko became the second Bern player to be sent off with his second yellow card in stoppage time.

Nevertheless, Contini's team would surely have preferred to go into Sunday's prestigious match against FC Basel with three points.

Lugano are back on track after their defeat against Servette at the weekend. The Ticino side won a lackluster match against Lucerne 2-0 thanks to some spectacular goals.

Hicham Mahou isn't primarily known as a goalscorer at Lugano. Since the Frenchman moved from Lausanne to Ticino four years ago, he's never managed more than one goal per season in the Super League. This season, too, the winger was still waiting for his first goal. Until Thursday evening, when he finally broke the drought. And what a goal it was!

The 52nd minute had just begun at the Cornaredo stadium when Mahou picked up the ball in midfield. The 26-year-old accelerated and his feints caused the Lucerne defense all sorts of problems. Reaching the left edge of the opposing penalty area, Mahou initially feigned a run to the left, but then shifted the ball onto his right foot and fired a high, looping shot into the far corner of the net. Pascal Loretz in the Lucerne goal stretched in vain to make the save.

Just ten minutes later, Lugano struck again. This time it was substitute Yanis Cimignani's turn. The 23-year-old Frenchman beat Loretz with a slightly less spectacular, but equally impressive shot from the edge of the penalty area.

These should remain the highlights of a largely disjointed game, in which Mattia Croci-Torti's team had more possession and accordingly rewarded themselves with their fourth win in the last five games.

Mario Frick's Lucerne team, on the other hand, have now gone four games without a win.