Posted in: 11/09/2022 – 18:02Last updated: 11/09/2022 – 18:00
Berlin (AFP) – Union Berlin topped the German Football League standings by achieving its fourth victory, and it came at the expense of its host Cologne 1-0 on Sunday in the sixth stage, which will conclude later with a meeting with Borussia Monchengladbach and Freiburg, which can remove the capital club if it wins.
Union Berlin owes its presence in the lead with 14 points, two points ahead of defending champion Bayern Munich, who stumbled Saturday in a 2-2 draw with Stuttgart, to Cologne defender Timo Hubers, who gave him the three points when he turned the ball into his team’s net by mistake since the fourth minute during his cross interception. Surinamese Sheraldo Baker.
The capital club could have added a second goal if the American Jordan Sepacho succeeded in translating a penalty kick in the tenth minute of the meeting, which Colin completed with ten players in the last nine minutes after Luca Killian was sent off (81).
Union Berlin proved that its tie in the previous stage with Bayern Munich (1-1) was not for nothing, especially as it also beat Leipzig 2-1 and decided the derby against Hertha Berlin 3-1 and crushed the return Schalke 6-1 outside the home, to be the only one alongside The Bavarian giants have not lost yet.
With Freiburg now fourth, only two points ahead of it, the capital club will be given a service from Mönchengladbach later on Sunday.
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