Despite great superiority, the 1st FC Köln has received the next setback in the promotion race of the 2nd Bundesliga and lost the lead. Four days before Weiberfastnacht, the Bundesliga relegated team in the Rhein derby and carnival duel against Fortuna Düsseldorf did not get beyond a 1: 1 (0: 0) despite leadership and missed the right response to the 0: 3 bankruptcy in Magdeburg.
After the opening goal by Florian Kainz (67th), Isak Johannesson (90th) replied with a converted penalty for Düsseldorf, so FC slips into second place in the table.
Hamburger SV took over the lead after a 3-0 on Friday evening against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Düsseldorf, who could have overtaken the rivals with a win and for the first time since the tenth day of playing again on a direct promotion place, improved to fifth place after the sixth league games without defeat.
The derby had caused a conversation before kick -off. Emergency services had carried out a measure and “found at least 300 people from Fortuna Düsseldorf’s alleged interference scene,” said a spokeswoman for the Cologne police on “SID” request. The personal details were found that there were noticeable gaps in the fan block.
The atmosphere in the stadium did not detract from the Cologne appendix of his own team with a large choreography last derby motivation: “Happiness is not a gift of the gods,” said a banner under the goddess of luck threatened by an FC-Böse weight.
Düsseldorf takes a chance of the point
As expected, Cologne took over the game control early in order to take advantage of the “huge opportunity” formulated by FC coach Struber to break away from the rival. Under the eyes of Lukas Podolski, who stood in the south curve at the FC fans, Linton Maina (18th) and Dejan Ljubicic (23rd) appeared dangerously before Düsseldorf’s goalkeeper Florian Kastermeier after the first attempts at approach. After that, the guests gradually came into play and both teams largely neutralized themselves.
In the second half, Cologne became more active again, but it was difficult to play out real chances against compact Fortunes. That changed as Maina when a counterattack on the left had a little more space. After a sprint into the penalty area, he put the ball back on Kainz, who pushed flat to 1-0. It was only then that Düsseldorf reinforced his offensive efforts – in the end, Johannesson kept the nerve from the penalty point.