1. FC Cologne faces FC Bayern Munich for the second time this season. The performance shows that things are right between the team and the coach.
Lukas Kwasniok has had to go to the last few days 1. FC Cologne endure the first storm. After the 2-2 draw in Heidenheim, the head coach was criticized, and there were rumors that his relationship with the players was bad and that he had already largely lost the team.
On Wednesday, the coach and team demonstrated that this is not true. No team can survive against FC Bayern Munich if it doesn’t unite behind the head coach’s idea. This season, the record champions are punishing every opponent who is not at their best.
Now the FC was also punished, but at least the game was lost. But once again it was 1. FC Köln that annoyed Bayern. With Linton Maina’s 1-0 win, the Billy Goats initially took the lead – as they did in the second round of the DFB Cup (1:4). This time it was even enough for a 1-1 score at halftime. Only a corner and a counterattack made Munich’s victory perfect.
FC didn’t fly apart, didn’t get a pack, but remained stable throughout the entire 90 minutes. In the end, the better team deserved to win, but in Cologne there is now clarity: Kwasniok did not lose the team. Like every other Bundesliga team, there may be dissatisfied players. But neither in Heidenheim nor against Bayern was there a gap between the coaching team and the players. Quite the opposite.
The winless streak continues with the 1:3 against FCB and is now eight games without a three-pointer. But before the all-important home game against Mainz 05 on Saturday, the billy goats showed that they can annoy any team in the league. A unified team performance was the best answer to the rumors circulating about coach Kwasniok. So now all the focus can be on the duel against Mainz.