Bern beat Züri Lions 5:2 in a club friendly on Thursday evening. The visitors took control early and never looked back, converting their superiority into a convincing margin.
And here's the thing — Züri had come into the game on a decent run. They'd beaten Schwenningen 5:2 and Mannheim 5:1 before that, with only the Lugano defeat on 20th August interrupting the flow. To be fair, they should have been harder to break down.
Bern meanwhile arrived with momentum of their own. Seven goals against Biel on Wednesday, six at Augsburg earlier in September, and five at Ingolstadt before that. The old head settled them down when it mattered, and they cut Züri open at will.
By then the scoreline told its own story. Züri's recent form had been up and down — that heavy 9:0 win against GCK Lions contrasted sharply with the 1:2 loss to Davos in April. They were still putting results together, but the consistency wasn't quite there.
The friendly itself passed without drama. No surprises, no late drama — just a team that had been scoring goals finding themselves again, and a host side that couldn't match the pace.