The 1. FC Köln rages after the 1-1 draw against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The trigger is a not given penalty by referee Patrick Alt shortly before the end.
The 84th minute ran when Mathias Olesen once again hit a flank in front of the gate of SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Damion Downs entered the five-meter room, but was torn to the ground by Marco John, so that the FC striker no longer came to a proper way.
For the second time that day, referee Patrick Alt did not show the horror of Cologne. In the first round, the impartial foul by Noah Loosli correctly punished Julian Pauli, but shortly before the end, the referee’s pipe remained silent.
“It is a cheek for me not to look at it,” said defender Julian Pauli afterwards, who had already been replaced at that time and had followed the scene from the bank. There was already a lot of excitement because of the not given penalty, which in the end might have brought the 2-1 win. Goalkeeper coach Peter Greiber even saw the yellow card because of complaints.
To all the incomprehension of the Cologne team, old from video assistant referee Johann Pfeifer was not sent out to look at the scene again on the TV screen. “There is a clear contact, you have to look outside. I have no understanding for that,” said Pauli.
Coach Gerhard Struber meanwhile commented a little more cautiously. “The situation was not so easy for the referee out of the dynamic,” said the Austrian diplomatically. On the bench, the Cologne team “had the feeling that the hand was involved”. The pictures were then clear afterwards. “We have to take note that the VAR, for whatever reason, has not seen it. That is not nice.”
The fact that in the end it was only enough to draw in Fürth was by no means at the penalty that was not given. Rather, in the end, the Cologne team had to attribute themselves not to have come to their best form six game days before the end of the season. “That’s not enough for the promotion struggle. The performance was not good,” Pauli summed up.
Julian Pauli: “We were prepared for the long balls, but we saw that we had problems with it. We did not collect the second balls well. It was a spontaneous action that I went forward and could get the penalty out. I first considered shooting myself, but then noticed that this made no sense. Then I felt the contact.”
Marvin Schwäbe: “We knew that Fürth played many long balls and we had to go into one. It is difficult to defend it. The Fürth played very well, had many good balls behind the chain. In the end we can be satisfied with the 1: 1-unfortunately. Both teams left a lot, it could have been 3: 3. Maintained, we don’t have to talk about it.
Gerhard Struber: “It was a difficult game. In the end it is a just tie. For different reasons, we have difficulty getting into the game from the start and finding access. We were very often binding on the wing, so the pressure on the dynamic four chain was often difficult. The opponent has always been dangerous, Marvin Schwäbe once again saved us in many situations.
Jan Siewert: “I can only sign all of this. We knew that we had to be brave. But we didn’t know whether they were playing with one or two tops. That was our challenge today. But we wanted to stay with the plan of intensity and high starting. That worked very well at the beginning. Get a climb. “