This is how 1. FC Cologne wants to shock FC Bayern
Oct 29, 2025 6:47 pm | 2:00m
1. FC Cologne welcomes FC Bayern in the DFB Cup on Wednesday evening (8:45 p.m.). RTL reporter Jonas Gerdes explains how the big surprise could succeed.
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Yes. Happiness certainly can’t hurt. We go to the stadium to see Jonas Gerdes. Jonas But of course luck alone won’t be enough. How can FC Bayern beat tonight?
Everything really has to come together for the first FC Cologne. It will be important how Lukas Kwasniak’s team finds its way into the game. So that you get the right feeling, as the Cologne player would say, that maybe Bayern are missing out on one or two chances. Maybe FC will even take the lead. That would be great. And of course all of this would also require an outstanding performance from Ron Robert Zieler, who will be in the box instead of in limbo. Kwasniak already revealed that at the press conference yesterday. And then of course it’s also about becoming dangerous through set pieces, for example. This is the means that has been spent, where Bayern can perhaps be brought down to the level of FC. So you have to say it very clearly. And of course it also depends on the twelfth man. We can see it. Many 1,000 fans are already streaming into the stadium behind me. And of course they are also required to adequately support your team.
Yes, we just heard it. Of course it’s also the duel between the young stars Karl and Elmar, you could say. Who is better? Oh.
Yes, very difficult. Of course, both coaches discussed these two young stars in advance and they are a bit different. Elmar You have to say, he’s the classic left winger, he’s a little faster, he’s more looking for a one-on-one duel. And Lennart Karl is more of a creative player, a bit more of a free spirit. There are also differences. Naturally. Lennart Karl, only 17 years old, a painter since, then already 19, I think El Painter will start, that’s for sure. I think Karl comes more from the bench. And it’s very, very difficult to say who is really better. I think we can simply be happy in Germany that there are two such young talents at the moment who are in top form.