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Cologne’s problem child starts next comeback attempt
Updated on 10.02.2025 – 2:51 p.m.Reading time: 20 min.
The 1. FC Köln is the football club from the cathedral city. In the New sticker on T-Online you will find all the important messages about the “billy goats”.
Julian Pauli is back on the training ground at 1. FC Köln. The second division club hopes that the long time of suffering for the youngster is finally over. The central defender suffered a concussion on December 4, 2024 in the cup game against Hertha BSC and since then missed all eight subsequent competitive games. The consequences were so serious that FC even got the council of international experts.
On Monday, Pauli now stood back on the training ground for the first time and worked individually with rehabilitation trainer Leif freight. The 19-year-old has come a step closer to his comeback. “Now he can slowly rose, with more and more stress-and it does not show any reaction,” said Gerhard Struber before the Schalke game. However, the FC coach remains “reluctant”, because Pauli was already in training in the training camp in Estepona, but then had to shorten again. Now the renewed attempt.
The fans of 1. FC Köln thanked the players before the home game against FC Schalke 04. “Fearless everything, fought together as a unit. Thank you boys !!!” Stand in the south curve on the fence on Sunday. This made the trailers again referred to to the dramatic end in the DFB Cup against Bayer Leverkusen.
The billy goats had only failed on Wednesday in the BayArena after a hard cup fight after extra time. In advance, the FC fans had wished for an unconditional fight against the arch-rival-and then got it. Now thanks to the banner – and the subsequent victory against Schalke.
Can Imad Rondic hope for his first starting eleven use a week after moving to the 1st FC Köln? After his FC debut on Wednesday in the DFB Cup at Bayer Leverkusen and the revealed gate in the extension (Rondic scored from the side position to 3: 3 in the 112nd minute) Searches coach Gerhard Struber for the right storm duo for the FC for the Duel against FC Schalke 04.
“We know that he brings some things. It is important that he comes in quickly and builds up a standing so that he can start scoring,” said Struber on Friday about newcomer Rondic. “We don’t have much time for integration. We have to quickly bring it in, even with video.” Bringing in quickly could be called on Sunday: starting eleven. Then probably next to Damion Downs, while Linton Maina could go to the ten.
This is how the FC could play: Schwäbe – Schmied, Martel, Heintz – Thielmann, Ljubicic, Huseinbasic, Pacarada – Maina – Downs, Rondic
The 1. FC Köln and Markus Rejek are now going separate paths. The managing director’s contract would have expired at the end of the season. Now the association and Rejek have agreed on an early separation. The 56-year-old had already announced before the turn of the year that he did not want to extend his contract “for personal reasons”.
In the meantime, the handover process has been completed to the two other managing directors Philipp Türoff and Christian Keller. “The 1. FC Köln and Managing Director Markus Rejek have prepared a handover of the shops in the past few weeks and ended the cooperation prematurely,” says the message that the club published on Friday. FC President Werner Wolf also explained that “one has already been intensively in the search for a suitable successor”.
The 1. FC Köln will take care of Max Finkgräfe after the bitter 2: 3 defeat after extra time in the DFB Cup against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In the 67th minute, the left -back had clarified a corner kick, but had banged his head into the hip of Nathan Tella. The 20-year-old stayed visibly dazed for a few minutes and was treated before he was accompanied by loud groans of the Bayer professionals.