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GRASSHOPPERS CRASH OUT OF SUPER LEAGUE

Three years ago, Uli Forte was appointed coach of Zurich with a handful of games left that season in a bid to save the 12-time national champions from relegation. Ultimately, he failed, but he did lead the team back to the top flight at the first attempt.

And now Forte faces an almost identical job with Zurich’s neighbours, Grasshoppers, after the country’s most successful club of all time crashed out of the Swiss Super League.

After a dramatic final two months of the season –

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