Weakest Cologne start in 6 years
Steffen Baumgart’s frustration was clearly visible. “The second half was nowhere near what I imagine football to be,” complained the 1. FC Köln coach after the fourth defeat in the fifth game of the season. The “Effzeh” is deep in the table after the 1:2 defeat at Werder Bremen. “We have one point out of 15. That’s bad,” complained managing director Christian Keller.
Cologne again showed good approaches and deservedly took the lead through Davie Selke. The team made a mistake again and deservedly lost to Bremen, who had also previously been in crisis. “30 to 40 minutes are simply not enough to win in the Bundesliga,” said Baumgart. “The boys work with their heads in one situation or another. It’s my job to make it clear to them and that we stick with ourselves.” With one point from five games, the “Billy Billy Goats” are one of the ten weakest teams in the top 5 leagues and also have the worst start to the season since 2017/ 18 laid down. At that time, Cologne even had zero points and was relegated in the end.
The 51-year-old emphasized once again that he wants to stick to his playing style of attacking football despite the false start with 15th place. In Bremen, his team was visually superior for a long time, but couldn’t do anything in the second half. “We will have to find answers and we will also have to ask ourselves why Bremen got into the game better in the second half. There’s a reason for that,” said Baumgart, who was quite self-critical.
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In the coming week, the coach wants to analyze a few things with his professionals. “We have to knock the ball over now,” demanded goalscorer Selke. The attacker, who scored two of Cologne’s four goals this season so far, also gave the route for the next few days. “Keep calm, even when it’s difficult,” explained the striker. “Then we have to give it our all against Stuttgart and get a dirty win.”
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