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Lemperle not in the squad: That’s why Struber waived the striker
Updated on 08.03.2025 – 5:40 p.m.Reading time: 32 min.
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Actually, Tim Lemperle should have been back in the squad of 1. FC Köln on Saturday at SSV Ulm. After his renewed muscle injury from January, the attacker had returned to team training this week and also traveled to Ulm on Friday. Nevertheless, the 23-year-old was ultimately not in the squad despite great staff worries in the attack.
“I have a medical-athletic department that advised me very much,” explained coach Gerhard Struber afterwards the striker’s non-consideration. The Austrian also wanted to protect himself from himself with the decision, as he revealed. “When I have a Tim Lemperle on the bench and keep looking back in his eyes – as I know myself, I know that I have been in danger that I would throw in such a player.” In the end, thanks to a late hit by Luca Waldschmidt, the 1st FC Köln also won without a commitment from Tim Lemperle.
Large backdrop for the women’s team of the 1st FC Köln: The association has already sold over 30,000 tickets for the highlight game against FC Bayern Munich in the RheinEnergiestadion. “I would be happy if more came,” said trainer Britta Carlson in the run -up to the game.
Such scenes are not new territory for the 2005 European champion, after all, the former assistant co-trainer of the German national team was already on the sidelines in front of 90,000 spectators in the European Championship final in Wembley. For numerous players, however, the game in Müngersdorf will be the first experience of this kind. The previous record of the FC women in the RheinEnergieStadion is 38,365 fans against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Thursday, March 06, 2025
The 1. FC Köln has bigger staff worries before the away game at SSV Ulm on Saturday afternoon. The Downs Downs, injured on the left hand, returned to team training on Thursday with a special rail, but had to stop the unit after half an hour. Subsequently, Gerhard Struber said: “The pain is currently still at a level that makes Damion a bit out of the concept. So he wobbles.”
The latter also applies to Learst Pacarada, Dominique Heintz and Eric Martel. The three regular forces reported on Thursday due to illness. Mark Uth had already lacked the previous day due to an infection. “We have one or the other question mark,” said Struber, who has to hope for a quick recovery. Otherwise the Cologne squad really goes on the gums.
Damion Downs did not return to the team training of the 1st FC Köln on Wednesday. The attacker was missing at the beginning of the week due to a hand injury that he had contracted against the Karlsruher SC. With a specially made carbon rail, the 20-year-old is now to go back to training on Thursday and will be available at SSV Ulm on Saturday.
In addition, Mark Uth was missing from the middle of the week. The offensive player battered in the past few years has been denied in the morning due to illness. For this, Tim Lemperle was able to complete large parts of the team training again. If the striker had only completed the warm-up program on Tuesday, the 23-year-old was on the lawn a day later with his teammates.
Good news at the 1. FC Köln: Striker Tim Lemperle was able to participate again on Tuesday. The 23-year-old was back on the lawn five weeks after his renewed setback due to a muscle injury. At least one joker mission on Saturday is possible in the area of the possible in the area of the SSV Ulm.