The Cup quarter-finals between Bayer Leverkusen and the 1st FC Köln not only ensured sporting drama, but also plenty of Zoff.
Nobody will forget this cup derby so quickly in the Rhineland. Before, during and after the quarter -final duel between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the 1st FC Köln, the emotions boiled up. When the second division team was still looking for the dramatic 2: 3 defeat after extra time, moving between pride and grief, the defending champion proved to be a bad winner.
Leverkusen star Jeremy Frimpong caused a scandal on Wednesday evening in the catacombs of the Bayarena. “Who are they? We are f ** King Leverkusen” (“Who are they? We are F ** King Leverkusen”), the Dutch international roared towards the Cologne cabin.
Previously, Frimpong and his teammates had gone as a clear favorite in the trophy derby against the current second division leader from the neighborhood, but according to the gates of Damion Downs (45+10th minute) and Linton Maina (54.) the incumbent Doubles winner had Leverkusen suddenly stood in front of that. A double pack by Patrik Schick (61./90+6.) Only late did the extension, where Joker Victor Boniface finally added the decisive 3: 2 (98.).
A possible reason for Frimpong’s anger in the catacombs: The Leverkuseners were still on the pitch with Cologne Central Department Dominique Heintz, who then accused Bayer professional in an interview with the “ARD”.
Among other things, Heintz had excited himself that Frimpong and teammate Nathan Tella had celebrated the semi -finals in front of the approximately 4,000 guest fans. “We were whistled the whole game,” said Tella and complained about the Cologne followers: “Things were called and things were thrown at corner balls.”
That evening, however, the FC players had other reasons for excitement as Frimpong and his Leverkusen teammate. Referee Frank Willenborg was the center of the Cologne annoyance. Nobody understood the decision to have eight minutes at the end of the regular playing time in the “billy goat” camp.
Sports director Christian Keller reported on his exchange with the referee: “I asked him on the pitch: ‘Frank, why eight minutes?’ Six minutes would have done it too. ” The referee’s answer: “He believed that the injury to Max Finkgräfe was justified in length.” Finkgräfe had been treated for three minutes after a collision with Tella.
With all justified anger: until Sunday, when Schalke 04 is a West hit in the 2nd Bundesliga in the RheinEnergieSadion, it is important for FC to put the existing pride in the foreground.
“With one or two distance, this game should encourage us in the way that we want to have such games more often again,” said Captain Timo Hüber on Wednesday evening and enthused: “That makes it even more attractive, man you Drives to the games with an even bigger tingling. If the ascent succeeds, FC could reciprocate in the Bundesliga for the cup out of the Bundesliga.