1. FC Köln beat Fehérvár FC 3-0 after losing 1-2 in the first leg and are making a permanent return to the international arena after five years by moving into the Europa Conference League. . All video highlights of the game can be found here.
THE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:
Comments on the game:
Marvin Schwabe
Timo Hubers
Florian Kainz
Stephen Baumgart
Playing
94 minutes: Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 0: 3 by Kingsley Schindler
Joker Schindler removes the last doubts about progressing Cologne deep in injury time! Thielmann refuels on the left side of the penalty area on the baseline and crosses butter-soft in front of the far post. Schindler nods from a good six meters into the right corner.
90 minutes: Red card for Steffen Baumgart (1. FC Cologne)
The Cologne coach complained so emphatically and loudly to the referees after a corner kick denied to FC that the main referee sent him to the stands with a red card.
87 minutes: Thielmann single-handedly with a great opportunity! The homegrown substitute drives the ball out of his own half at high speed to the left side of the penalty area. With Larsen chasing him closely, he tips him past keeper Kovács from a good eight yards out, but Négo is just in front of the line and clears.
84 minutes: Dietz ignores the decision! Joker Olesen, sent to the right wing, crosses halfway up in front of the goal at the penalty spot. After the ball has touched down, Dietz wants to complete it from seven meters with his left inside instep. The attempt rushes just over the half-right crossbar.
71 minutes: Again Zivzivadze against Swabia! As part of a home counterattack, the Georgian appears on the half-left in front of the last opposing line and circles the ball from 19 meters with his right inside instep onto the flat right corner. Schwäbe stretches out and deflects the ball to the side.
61 minutes: Zivzivadze with the huge opportunity to the connecting gate! Dárdai drives the ball forward over 30 meters down the left wing and pulls past Skhiri. It fits flat and hard to the short pentagon. Zivzivadze gets the ball in front of Hübers and pokes it with his left foot on the half-right corner. There keeper Schwäbe prevented the impact with a strong reflex with his left leg.
46th minute: Tooooor for 1. FC Köln, 0: 2 by Ellyes Skhiri
Skhiri makes the all-important 2-0 – and Effzeh scores again after a corner kick! Kainz’ half-high corner kick from the right flag extended Pedersen at the near post with the back of his head. Skhiri shoots unguarded from nine meters in the middle with his right inner instep directly into the upper left corner.
45 minutes: Maina just missed!
Kainz plays a flat diagonal ball from the left sixteen corner to the nearby five corner. From there, the closely guarded ex-Hanoverian wants to complete with the left inside instep, but kicks the ball.
39 minutes: Kainz against Kovács!
After a long shot from midfield, Kainz pulls from the left wing in front of the sixteen into the half-space and unpacks a powerful shot with the right instep from a good 18 meters. In the short corner goalkeeper Kovács throws his arms up and parries forward. Stopira then clarifies.
10 minutes: Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 0: 1 by Timo Hübers
The Rhinelanders are gradually playing out their footballing advantages and taking control of what is happening. They come to their first corner via the right and that gives FC the lead! Kainz’ execution with the right inner instep lowers at the half-right edge of the five. Hübers jumps higher than his guard Shabanov and heads towards the half-left corner. Keeper Kovács gets the ball with his right hand, but cannot stop it.
game start
Cologne’s ECL playoff second leg in Hungary – round one in the MOL Aréna Sóstó is on!
preliminary report:
Good evening from Transdanubia! At Hungarian side Fehérvár FC, 1. FC Köln need to come back from a 2-1 deficit in the first leg to qualify for the group stage of the Europa Conference League. The duel in the MOL Aréna Sóstó is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m.
It has become less likely that 1. FC Köln will take part in the group phase of the second edition of the Europa Conference League set up by UEFA, despite the clear favorite role in the playoff duel with Fehérvár FC from last year’s Hungarian team, the outsider is after the first of the at least 180 minutes but with a 2:1 lead. The Billy Goats are under pressure to win in the fight for at least six more international games 60 km south-west of Budapest.
The line-up of 1. FC Köln:
Marvin Schwäbe, Benno Schmitz, Kristian Pedersen, Timo Hübers, Eric Martel, Luca Kilian, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz, Ellyes Skhiri, Linton Maina, Florian Dietz
Here you can see Fehévár FC vs. 1. FC Köln live
- The playoff second leg in Székesfehérvár will not be shown live on free TV.
- The paid online streaming service “RTL+” will broadcast the game live and exclusively. Pre-reporting begins at 6:40 p.m.
- As usual, there is a detailed live ticker for the game sport.de.
- All goals and other highlight scenes of the game are also open sport.de to see.
Those responsible at the club from the cathedral city still firmly believe that the turning point will still succeed on Thursday evening from 7 p.m. in the MOL Arne Sosto in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
The Cologne team had put themselves under great pressure in the person of Jeff Chabot, who had seen the red card in the first half after an emergency brake.
A simple win for Cologne against the supposed outsider would at least mean extra time in the second leg on Thursday evening. A win by more than a goal would mean the Effzeh qualified for the group stage of the Conference League.