season and head coach Christian Gross had to leave. In the 2008–09 Swiss Cup Basel advanced via Schötz, Bulle, Thun and Zurich to the semi-finals. But here they were stopped by YB. After a goalless 90 minutes and extra time, YB decided the penalty shoot-out 3–2 and advanced to the final, only to become runners-up, as Sion became cup winners. Season 2009–10 For their 2009–10 season Basel hired Thorsten Fink as new head coach and Zanni found himself in a completely new situation. After having suffered an injury before the season started, the recovery took two months, but Zanni was not able to reobtain his starting position in the team. Under coach Christian Gross Zanni had played four and a half year in virtually every game, but under Fink, he found himself on the bench. For example, in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Zanni did not even play in one of the 12 games. Nevertheless, at the end of the 2009–10 season Zanni won the double with his club. They won the League Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys. However Zanni only had eight league appearances. In the Swiss Cup via SC Cham, FC Le Mont, Zürich, FC Biel-Bienne and in the semi-final SC Kriens, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 6–0 against Lausanne-Sport they won the competition. Zanni played in five of the six cup games. Season 2010–11 Things did not improve themselves in the new season, Fink placed Zanni more on the bench than on the playing field. In the first half of the season, he had four league appearances in the starting eleven, did not play in the cup and in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League only one minute on the pitch against CFR Cluj. During the winter Zanni sought for a solution, the club granted him a free transfer and after six years with the club, he moved on to FC Vaduz. During his period with the club, Zanni played a total of 343 games for Basel scoring a total of 10 goals. 163 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 27 in the Swiss Cup, 45 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 108 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league and five during the test games. Despite playing a key part in the Basel first team he surprisingly