Three Minutes to Deflate Young Boys

Making errors while playing the offside trap. That's what actually deflated Young Boys Bern today.

I've always said a team shouldn't play the offside trap against a better team. But people will always erroneously think they're smarter/better than everybody else, and then pay for it.
Thus happened with Ulrich Forte, the coach of the Bern team.

Everything was going well for them, and they were even up 1-0, with 19 minutes to go, thanks to a headed goal, from a corner, which punished Basel's defenders' absent-mindedness.

And then, in three minutes, Basel was in the lead. A lead they would not give up.

Two badly-played offside moves by YBB players deprived them of three points that they worked hard for. (Basel had been pressing to score for most of the match up to that point.)

Now, Young Boys is only three points ahead of Basel, and could even find itself tied on points with Grasshopper, who has played one less match and is also three points behind YBB. That's because Young Boys lost their last two matches, and did so against their biggest rivals.

Highlights:

Young Boys Lose It

After 5 (impressive) consecutive wins in the Swiss league, Young Boys Bern finally cracked.

But this should be very disappointing for them that they cracked against one of the teams that probably will be challenging them for the title. That is, if Young Boys can keep up, of course.

And it won't get easier for Young Boys, as they will have to travel to Basel next.

Speaking of said team, with Basel dropping points again, Grasshopper Zurich will, of course, be the most confident team after this, the sixth matchday in the Super League.

Still an extremely long time to go, though.
(The Swiss Super League consists of 36 matchdays.)