Used test match day for 1. FC Köln around the FC premiere of winter newcomer Davie Selke (27). FC clearly and convincingly beat the Belgian second division side Lommel SK 5-0. In the end, that was almost irrelevant…
Because even before the game there had been Zoff with the opponent. Then a start delay. And in the game, finally, two injury failures.
As a result, Cologne is now limping towards the start of the league next Saturday (6.30 p.m.) once morest Werder and many are already thinking back with horror to the FC first half of the season with so many injuries and the crash at the end in 13th place.
Cologne drama game. It all started with a breach of contract by the Belgians, who realized on the evening before the game that they didn’t have enough players for the scheduled 120-minute game. Those responsible canceled FC for the marathon season and only agreed for 90 minutes.
Sports boss Keller mad at the opponent
Sports boss Christian Keller (43) serves: “This is very annoying. It was agreed that we would play 30 minutes four times. This messes up our schedule because not everyone can play 60 minutes as planned. 45 minutes is not enough a week before the start of the league. And it is particularly annoying because we only got the cancellation last night and would have liked Lommel to improvise, because you can sometimes add U21 or U19 players to a team.”
Next Trouble: The Belgian second division club came too late. Allegedly the team bus was stuck in traffic because of the big demonstration in Lützerath. The game mightn’t start until 30 minutes later. The preparations in Cologne were already a mess.
In the game it was really bitter for FC coach Steffen Baumgart (51), who had to get his players, who were actually planned for the second half, out of their activation in the dressing room early on because of the absences.
Schock 1: Left-back Kristian Pedersen was the first to suffer, limping and having to leave the field following 13 minutes with a suspected ankle injury.
Kristian Pedersen had to go down in the 14th minute
Schock 2: The second shock came six minutes later. Even clearer Luca Kilian might not continue following a straddle and immediately gave the signal for a change – once more the last injured ankle? Incomprehensible!
2 braces – that’s how FC played
Cologne limps towards the start of the league. Football was also played at the Zoff and Drama test. Although Davie Selke remained goalless, he put in a good performance and lasted 45 minutes following his muscle problems.
Benno Schmitz made it 1-0 following a one-two with Ondrej Duda in the 12th minute. After the break, Denis Huseinbasic (54 & 77) and Mathias Olesen (58 & 79) made it 5-0. The almost 3000 fans and trainer Baumgart might at least be happy regarding the result!
