I backed Basel already in the first leg in Basel. What happened then?

Tobol won away by 1-3! How is that possible?

Basel dominated fully the first half, took the lead and were cruising into an easy victory until unexpected things started to happen.

Look at the chart below to get a better picture:

Basel took not one but two red cards on the 2nd half, those two players Barry - the goalscorer - and Italian defender Calafiori are naturally suspended from this game. There are half a dozen other absentees too, but it is not key who are missing, but who are playing as it is a strong squad with a lot of depth! Jonas Adjetey, Leon Avdullahu, Jonathan Dubasin, Marwin Hitz, Taulant Xhaka are injured, and Gabriel Sigua, is not eligible to play. On top of that, Sergio López was unable to travel at short notice due to illness.

Over the weekend Basel played in local league v Winterthur with mostly unchanged lineup and won by 5-2. On the other hand it is only start of the season for the Swiss, and there is no need for rest, on the contrary at this point it is better to get matches under your belt.

I discussed Tobol as I saw then playing here in Finland v Honka, and I was not at all impressed. They are not bad as such and the defense is rather solid, but they lack the absolute class at every department. Team news are not bringing any bad news, and there might even be a new face or two in the lineup as Shakhov from Zorya is yet to play, and there a few doubts including their team captain Muzhikov.

The long list of injuries and the result of the first game explain the high odds, which I am going to take.

Good luck!

我在巴塞尔的第一回合就已经支持巴塞尔了。然后发生了什么?

托博尔以1-3赢了!这怎么可能呢?

巴塞尔在上半场完全占据主导地位，取得领先，轻松取胜，直到意想不到的事情开始发生。

看看下面的图表可以更好地理解:

巴塞尔在下半场拿到了不止一张而是两张红牌，这两名球员——进球的巴里和意大利后卫卡拉菲奥里自然被禁赛。还有六名球员缺阵，但关键不在于谁缺阵了，而在于谁上场了，因为这是一支实力强大、阵容深度丰富的球队!阿杰特耶、阿杜拉胡、杜巴辛、希茨、扎卡都受伤了，西瓜没有资格参加比赛。最重要的是，塞尔吉奥López由于生病无法在短时间内旅行。

上周末，巴塞尔在当地联赛对阵温特图尔的比赛中，阵容基本保持不变，最终以5-2获胜。另一方面，对于瑞士人来说，这只是赛季的开始，没有必要休息，相反，在这一点上，最好是获得比赛。

当我看到托博尔在芬兰对洪卡的比赛时，我讨论了他，我一点也不印象深刻。他们还不错，防守也很稳固，只是在各个方面都缺乏绝对的水准。球队的消息没有带来任何坏消息，甚至可能会有一两个新面孔出现在阵容中，因为来自佐拉亚的沙霍夫还没有上场，还有一些人怀疑他们的队长穆日科夫。

长长的伤病名单和第一场比赛的结果解释了高赔率，我将接受这一点。

好运！