The 1. FC Köln has taken an amazing development. Unless victories are currently on the program. There remains a ride on the razor blade.
Anyone who wins is right. The 1. FC Köln has all the arguments on his side after the 1-0 against Elversberg. Nevertheless, the billy goats have to put up with the question of whether the performance of Saturday is enough for the club’s claim. Because the current level is a ride on the razor blade.
What the Cologne team brought on the lawn in Müngersdorf on Saturday in Müngersdorf was only a little better – if at all – than a week earlier in Hamburg. The HSV had the quality to punish FC for it. Elversberg, on the other hand, failed in detail and conceded the goal of the day in the only good Cologne phase.
If both teams had carried neutral jerseys on Saturday, it would not have been recognized which team was the high-rise promotion favorite from the traditional location and which team the underdog was from the blank 7,000-soul place. Which is by no means praise for the 1. FC Cologne, but a clear indication that the FC cannot meet its own ideas.
Of course, the truth also includes that it was once more enough for three points. Six times 1: 0, if you successfully experience the same result, you do a lot with all playful poverty. Especially defensive. Only at the front of them mostly only helps God. And that is exactly what should be different again this season.
For weeks, those responsible have weighed with the players how the season goal can first be reached. The climb does not have to succeed, it just has to succeed. No matter how. Sometimes that hurts, even in the eyes of the fans. In particular, the jubilee arias at the end of the 90 minutes are a little more cautious. The players also knew on Saturday that they had not done a highlight. The fans were happy about the victory, but euphoria threatens to break out.
This cool cost-benefit approach works. However, FC should be aware that this tactic can backfire at any time. A plan B would therefore be helpful, but is currently not recognizable. Also because the squad is known to be knitted closely and the wintry newcomers are currently only catching the other failures. Places of scope: not available. This makes it difficult for coach Gerhard Struber every week to finally achieve the breakthrough of successful results and beautiful football. So it remains the weekly Vabanques game in the hope that it goes out well.