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At 1. FC Köln, personnel concerns are getting worse, as Joël Schmied (27) also has to take a break again with a muscle injury. As Effzeh announced on Tuesday, the central defender suffered the injury at the weekend in the 2-2 draw against TSG Hoffenheim. It is Cologne’s third loss after this Bundesliga game alone.
Jan Thielmann (23) suffered a muscle injury during the warm-up on Saturday and Sebastian Sebulonsen (26) had to be substituted in the 69th minute. Schmied’s injury, who complained of discomfort after the game, was diagnosed on Monday after an MRI scan. It was only his second appearance after returning from a long-term thigh injury.
Before the promoted team’s away game at FC Augsburg on Friday evening (8:30 p.m./Sky), the personnel situation is tense for FC coach Lukas Kwasniok. Alessio Castro-Montes (28), Timo Hübers (29) and Luca Kilian (26) are currently in rehab instead of training. Linton Maina (26) – shortly before his comeback after a broken rib – was absent on Tuesday due to illness, while Fynn Schenten (18) was only able to train individually after a day of illness.
1. FC Cologne is also worried about top scorer El Mala
Kwasniok also has to worry about top scorer Said El Mala (19). The shooting star, who shone against Hoffenheim with a goal and an assist and was thus recommended for the TM community’s matchday eleven, had to end the Tuesday session early. Dem “Goat blogAccording to El Mala, after around 40 minutes, he grabbed his left back thigh and left the pitch a short time later.
