Status: 02.10.2021 11:02 p.m.
1. FC Köln celebrated a victory at the start of the 7th matchday. While Steffen Baumgart’s team is very close to the international places, Greuther Fürth remains last without a win.
1. FC Köln also demonstrated their strong early form this season against Greuther Fürth on Friday evening. The team of coach Steffen Baumgart won 3-1 and is now close to the international positions.
“We didn’t prevail in the first half, but the guys stayed on and worked,” said Baumgart after the game.
Fürth continues in the table cellar
Fürth, who was in the lead in Cologne for a long time, is still at the bottom of the table with only one point. “The first half was just good. In the second half we didn’t finish on goal, then you have to accept that the defeat is well deserved,” said coach Stefan Leitl.
Meyerhöfer lets the mood cool down
With great euphoria and the majority of the 40,000 spectators in the back, the Cologne started the game against Fürth. But in the seventh minute, the guests let the stadium fall silent. After a great pass from Timothy Tillman, Marco Meyerhöfer appeared free in front of the Cologne gate and tunnelled the rushing Timo Horn to make it 1-0 for the promoted team.
As usual, Cologne acted with a lot of crosses, but rarely found strikers Anthony Modeste and Sebastian Andersson with strong headers. Only in the 25th minute did a high ball land in the Swedes and it was immediately dangerous. Andersson’s header landed next to the Fürth goal.
Fürth fails because of aluminum
Overall, Cologne played extremely offensively, but also neglected the defensive. Accordingly, Fürth had the great opportunity to increase to 2-0 in the 33rd minute. Jeremy Dudziak was twice as unlucky, after his shot from the post the ball landed on him again, but the margin also went to the aluminum.
Shortly before the half-time whistle, Cologne also had a great opportunity. After a cross from Jonas Hector Modeste headed the ball, but Fürth keeper Marius Funk prevented the Frenchman from making the fifth goal of the season.
Andersson and Shkiri reward offensive Cologne
At the beginning of the second half, the offensive efforts of Cologne brought the success they deserved. This time, the FC combined with a flat passing game through the opposing Defensve and Andersson converted Benno Schmitz’s cross from a few meters to 1: 1 (50th).
Now Cologne was fully in the game. Andersson missed a big chance two minutes later, in the 55th minute he was allowed to celebrate a goal from his teammate Ellyes Skhiri. After a corner kick, Hector extended the ball to the second post, where the midfielder only had to hold out his thigh.
Skhiri puts the lid on
As a result, Cologne failed to build up further pressure on the people of Fürth and to make the result clearer. So it remained exciting until the final minutes, although the guests rarely managed to get dangerously in front of the opposing goal. In the 89th minute, Skhiri sealed Cologne’s third win of the season after a counterattack with his second goal.
For the 1. FC Cologne After the international break, it will continue on Friday evening (October 15, 2021) with an away game at 1899 Hoffenheim. In a duel, the climber receives Greuther Fuerth one day later VfL Bochum.
Source: sportschau.de