It was the final day of the 2009-10 Swiss Super League season, and all eyes were on Seydou Doumbia.
Table-toppers FC Basel were away to second-place Young Boys. With Basel top on goal difference, a draw would give them the title. For Young Boys to claim a first league crown in 24 years, they had to win.
Doumbia was Young Boys' top scorer with 30 goals—the highest tally in the Swiss top flight since 1988—and had scored 11 goals in his previous 10 league outings. If anyone was going to fire Young Boys to glory, it would be him.