2023-05-05 20:53:23
1. FC Köln have ended Bayer Leverkusen’s impressive run in the German Bundesliga following 14 competitive games without defeat. The Cologne team won the derby around 15 kilometers north-east of their own arena 2-1 on Friday evening and gave the Werkself a severe setback ahead of Thursday’s semi-final first leg in the Europa League at AS Roma. Schalke celebrated a dramatic 3-2 win over Mainz: The winning goal came in the 102nd minute.
With a converted penalty kick by Marius Bülter, the Gelsenkircheners managed an important victory on points in the relegation battle of the country’s highest football league. Bülter (26th) and Tom Krauss (60th) had previously given Schalke the lead twice. Mainz equalized twice through Leandro Barreiro (53′) and Aaron (70′). Karim Onisiwo was on the field for FSV until the 93rd minute. Schalke climbed to 14th place and thus out of the relegation zone for the time being.
In the meantime, Cologne got rid of its own relegation worries, which had been very minor anyway. Dejan Ljubicic played until the 85th minute, Florian Kainz was substituted in the 64th minute. In the 14th minute, the ex-Rapid- und -Sturm-Kicker prepared the opening goal by Davie Selke with a clever pass. Selke then made it 2-1 (36th minute) following Amine Adli equalized to make it 1-1.
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