Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln will go into the DFB Cup game on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky) with some respect at second division leaders Jahn Regensburg.
“It’s one of the most difficult draws we could have gotten. They’re at the top of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga with six points. It’s going to be a big task for us on Saturday,” said Thomas Kessler, sporting director of the Effzeh’s licensed players department, on Monday at a discussion round of the “Rheinische Post” in Dusseldorf the “SID”.
Kessler sees FC prepared for the new season: “We have strengthened ourselves very, very well. We have also strengthened ourselves because it could have been that one or the other player might leave us.”
Now the “crunch time” begins. There will be tough decisions, also when it comes to filling the squad. “One or the other player will also be disappointed. It is possible that players will then enter into a dialogue with the sporting management. And then the topics will be discussed openly. Let’s see what happens before the end of the transfer on August 31.” , according to Kessler.