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Tim Lemperle trains again according to the beating slat
Updated on May 15th, 2025 – 4:28 p.m.Reading time: 68 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”.
However, nobody should see anything. While the team of coach Friedhelm Funkel enjoys a last day off, Lemperle was driven with a minibus from the cabin door to Franz-Kremer-Stadion around 150 meters away. Lemperle trained for around 45 minutes with three plasters on the face before leaving the stadium on the same path.
The two co-trainers Thomas Hickersberger and Matthias Lust were also on site in the stadium, Lemperle’s individual unit looked closely at. Whether the attacker can be used on Sunday depends not only on the facial injuries suffered, but in particular also on the knee-ups that Lemperle had before the Nuremberg game. On Friday, Funkel should comment on the incidents at the game day press conference and whether a use of Lemperle against 1. FC Kaiserslautern is conceivable.
The scandal around Tim Lemperle employs 1. FC Köln, the fans and the police alike. On Wednesday, Captain Timo Hübers did not want to comment on the misconduct of his teammate and the attack on the 23-year-old. “I don’t say anything about Tim Lemperle. We can climb on weekends, so please ask me questions about sport,” said Hübers narrowly to reporter questions.
Hübers had only demanded more professionalism from his teammates after Carnival two months ago. At that time it came out that several FC players had gone to celebration despite an internal consultation. “It’s about it doesn’t happen again. I am very confident,” Hüber had explained.
The 1. FC Köln does not yet know in which league he will play in the coming season. Nevertheless, the squad planning run in the background. Now Besfort Zeneli is said to have aroused the interest of the Cologne. As the Swedish journalist Filip ELG reports, the billy goats are said to have targeted the IF Elsborg midfielder.
The 22-year-old made his debut for the Swedish national team in March 2025 and can play on the six and the eight in the central midfield. In the current season, Zeneli, who was still in the offspring for the Kosovar association, comes on three templates in eight league games. The Elsborg captain still has a contract until 2028 and has a market value of 2.5 million euros.
“I still had the opportunity to speak to Tim,” said Funkel after the unit, but confirmed the fears that Lemperle will be missing on Sunday. “The likelihood that he will play on Sunday is low. It is not entirely to be dismissed, but it is low.” It is also unclear whether Lemperle will start training again. According to unconfirmed reports, he is also said to have suffered a concussion.