The 1. FC Köln is leaving the DFB Cup after extension after extension. Afterwards, the FC professionals with the stars of Bayer Leverkusen.
After the final whistle, Bayer Leverkusen didn’t just want to celebrate. Nordi Mukiele and Jeremy Frimpong provoked in front of the guest block with the fans of 1. FC Köln and cheered in the crowd. Dominique Heintz did not like that. The central defender tore away the two Bayer stars, a word of word broke out that resulted in a pack formation.
Heintz had seen bad winners in the Leverkusen jersey and did not scold the unhappy 2: 3 defeat afterwards, but about the opponent. “Xhaka is still one of the reasonable,” the Cologne veteran. “But what is partly around with Leverkusen, with what arrogance – I have to master what I say now.”
Bayer coach Xabi Alonso did not want to overestimate the words of the FC defender. “I can’t explain what he said. It was an intensive game for me. A lot happened, but I didn’t see any arrogance,” said the Spaniard. “We fought, we celebrated. I saw that something happened, but what happens on the pitch also stays on the pitch.”
At least away from the square, it remained calm until after the game. The police did not report any incidents around the heated game until after the final whistle. So the rivalry of both clubs remained limited to the lawn, with the happier end for Bayer Leverkusen. Like 23 years ago, when the two teams were most recently met in the DFB Cup, in the semi-finals in the Bayarena, and Bayer could move into the final in extension. The voices for the game:
Linton Maina: “The worst scenario has happened: that you play a great game and then – no idea why there was eight minutes of stoppage time – get the goal shortly before the end. I think of the entire team, there is no such A little bit of the words. 100 percent implemented and would have earned more. “
Dominique Heintz: “All Cologneers can be proud today. In the block, at home in front of the television – everyone who was there today. What we did was mad. We were about to create the sensation. If the Schiri suddenly gets out. To get such a goal.
Timo Hübers: “The feelings are pretty mixed. On the one hand, we are super disappointed because we would have already deserved to stand in the curve today. On the other hand, we said before the game: We want to be completely flat again before the game Being on the bus, not regretting anything and implementing everything we have done. Set needles, keep a cool head and occupy the rooms, run, run, run.
Christian Keller: “We had decided that we put everything we have in the tank on the pitch and show the whole FC heart. We wanted to drive back with a raised head, no matter how it goes. Nevertheless, it doesn’t hurt much. The team sits down in the cabin only very offside, without having made it into the penalty shootout. that they actually happen.