Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Köln has achieved an easy victory in its first test for the new season.
Coach Steffen Baumgart’s team won 12-1 (3-1) at the TuS Mondorf state league on Friday, with newcomers Denis Huseinbasic, Linton Maina and Eric Martel also making their way into the top scorers list.
Florian Dietz and Maximilian Schmid from their own offspring also scored twice. The best goal of the day, however, was scored by the hosts: Redwan Abdallah lobbed the ball from 40 meters to level the game.
The Cologne side, who are playing for a place in the European Cup in the Conference League play-offs in August, will be playing their first competitive game on July 30: the first-round duel in the DFB Cup is against second-division side Jahn Regensburg. In the league, things start on August 7th against newly promoted Schalke 04.
1. FC Cologne: Urbig (45th Köbbing) – Schmitz (31st Strauch, 61st Ehizibue), Hübers (31st Smajic, 61st Kilian), Chabot (45th Arrey-Mbi), Suchanek (45th Pedersen) – Skhiri (45th Martel ) – Schindler (45th Maina), Kainz (31st Hauptmann, 61st Huseinbasic) – Andersson (45th Schmid), Modeste (45th Dietz)
Gates: 0: 1 Hübers (16th), 1: 1 Abdalla (19th), 1: 2 Schwirten (25th), 1: 3 Modeste (33rd), 1: 4 Dietz (64th), 1: 5: Husein basic (66th), 1: 6 Maina (67th), 1: 7 Schmid, 1: 8 Maina (72nd), 1: 9 Ehizibue (83rd), 1: 10 Dietz (86th), 1: 11 Schmid (87′), 1:12 Martel (90′)